Example sentences of "long [conj] it [is] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It 's hard and it 's long and it 's going to separate the men from the boys . ’
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 As long as it 's going to run , I mean , I do n't know , I think , I think they up against
21 " Well , as long as it 's put back where you found it .
22 Manufacturers , flushed with success over their pink fluffy man campaign , and greedy with the realisation that they can make hill-walkers wear anything as long as it 's described as a technological breakthrough , are sitting in their factories dreaming up new and more ridiculous things to sell us .
23 The crayons can be sharpened in an ordinary sharpener as long as it 's designed to take the thicker pencils or crayons .
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