Example sentences of "long as [pron] is [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Surely in this sense , though , as long as everybody is guessing , guesses closer to the time of a music 's currency are at least as valid as those of any late 20th-century musicologist . |
2 | There is no particular order in which to introduce them as long as it is done reasonably slowly . |
3 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
4 | If the child has a special skill or the parent has a special interest and they enjoy together exchanging this skill or interest , like teaching a child to swim very young , teaching it to play or listen to music , or play very simple rhythmic sounds , then as long as it is done within a relationship that is , above all , a loving relationship , great . |
5 | ‘ If you made an incredible blunder it would n't seem to worry anybody as long as it is recorded … |
6 | The quality of the grain is deteriorating fast , as long as it is raining . |
7 | For present purposes the oldest classification into fringing reefs , barrier reefs and atolls ( Fig. 8.33 ) may be retained as long as it is realised that , although these are commonly occurring forms , there are many others ( Guilcher , 1958 ) which it is very difficult to fit into these simple classes . |
8 | Any sound image will do , as long as it is distinguished from others in the system . ’ |
9 | And we lack provisions that allows for a presidency in the absence of a minister is a good one as long as it is monitored closely by district council . |
10 | On the one hand it would be perfectly in order to write the biography of a poet as long as it is understood that it would be ‘ on a par with biographies of generals and inventors ’ ( Tomashevsky 1978 : 55 ) and was not mistaken for literary science . |
11 | We are trying to suggest here that academic enterprise may be useful as long as it is placed in its proper social context . |
12 | The PA will continue , with your help , its vigorous defence of the NBA as long as it is supported by the membership , and of course remains legal . |
13 | This will not , however , be achieved as long as IT is regarded as the province of mathematics , science and technology in the curriculum , and English — or other language — teachers are seen as having little part to play . |
14 | I find this particular facility to be more usable than Word For Windows ' text fiddling tools , purely because you can use any font you wish , as long as it is installed in Windows . |
15 | As long as it is considered safe , the more ‘ testing ’ weather conditions can provide an extra element of challenge to a braver set of participants . |
16 | The institute has committed itself to continuing to offer practical help and communication expertise as long as it is needed in the recovery process . |
17 | Dinner is provided as long as it is requested the morning of the day you dine . |
18 | But the Government may feel that as long as it is going to extend VAT it may as well slap newspapers for 17.5 per cent . |
19 | There is nothing intrinsically evil about a scientific world outlook as long as it is rooted in the life and authority of God . |
20 | But as long as he is setting up things for other people , that 's fine by me . ’ |