Example sentences of "long as [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout the history of Western philosophy women have been thought inferior or less than fully human , though some philosophers , like Kant and Rousseau , have found them charming and necessary to men 's well-being , as long as they keep in their place . |
| 2 | Outside is a different matter — protective covers for the cabin and cowling are an excellent idea as long as they let in a free flow of air to minimise condensation . |
| 3 | Although most children remain well as long as they stick to their diet , a few seem to relapse after a few years for no apparent reason . |
| 4 | Barcelona are only two points behind Real and , as long as they stay in contention for the Spanish championship , an obsession last satisfied under Terry Venables in 1985 , the club will have no need to calculate the cost of a pay-off . |
| 5 | Business schools are excellent places for executives to learn about business — as long as they talk among themselves . |
| 6 | Would , would , would would , but , I mean I 'm quite in favour of people having their genitals mutilated as adults , once they 're over eighteen , they go to hospital and sign a consent form and have it done as long as they pay for it themselves , but to do it to newborn children strikes me as outrageous . |
| 7 | yeah well as long as we get to school for half past , I mean but she 'd got a nice little cauliflower and , I think she 'd got a carton some sort of . |
| 8 | Speaking of the activities of elementary particle physicists , he writes that whereas the activity appears essential as long as we believe in the independent existence of fundamental laws that we can still hope to know better , it loses practically its whole motivation as soon as we believe that the sole objective of the scientists is to make their impressions mutually consistent . |
| 9 | Civil government is designed , as long as we live in this world , to cherish and support the external worship of God ; to preserve the pure doctrine of religion , to defend the constitutions of the church , to regulate our lives in a manner requisite for the society of man , to form our manners to civil justice , to promote our concord with each other , and to establish general peace and tranquillity … |
| 10 | Desperate to charge our batteries , we linger as long as we dare before racing off down and over the glacier , through the boulders , and onto the base-camp grass . |
| 11 | We wait as long as we have to . ’ |
| 12 | There maybe societies where there is a privilege and inequality , but as long as we have in Britain a system where the head of the state , is head of state because the person inherited the position of being monarch and as long as we have a institution such as the House of Lords . |
| 13 | As long as we start from the conception of a rational agent , it appears easy to decide whether an inclination is egoistic ; it will be so if its goal by the agent 's own standards is beneficial to himself . |
| 14 | I began to see that my fear about Mary obscuring Christ was not soundly based as long as I keep to the parameters of Scripture . |
| 15 | Do you think I should have lived as long as I have on meat ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You do n't stay in the business as long as I have without learning a little bit about people . |
| 17 | ‘ If they 're easy trousers , I can do maybe 30 pairs a day , as long as I start at eight in the morning and finish at eight at night . |
| 18 | Yeah , as long as I look like her . |
| 19 | ‘ You have employment as long as you wish with IBM ’ , they say . |
| 20 | Although we have prepared suggested menus for each day , it is important to stress that these meals are flexible as long as you stick to the suggested foods for each week and the calorie allowance per day . |
| 21 | As long as you stick to the rules . |
| 22 | But — as long as you stick to the traditional DOS spreadsheet programs , such as SuperCalc 5 or 1-2-3 — you will manage very well with an XT . |
| 23 | But be quick : pick up your phone or else gird up your loins , grab your staff and hie you like blazes , sprinting as though pursued by the fires of hell , to the Arts Theatre or the Festival box office , whereupon you should pawn your handbag or your jock strap — even your jewels , just as long as you succeed in laying claim to a seat . |
| 24 | The main route , travelling in an anti-clockwise direction , covers approximately 40 miles , so allow an hour or so for driving and as long as you like for stops ! |
| 25 | Well as long as you know about yours and then when she does direct the question at you about that particular |
| 26 | When you get people on to a sort of Noddy Goes Selling course , which is the first one you come on , you are expected to believe that when you leave here anybody who does n't use T N T Express would be absolutely crazy , and that everybody you 're going to talk to is going to bite your arm off as long as you stay with your boyfriend . |
| 27 | As long as you stay in credit or within the free £100 overdraft facility , there will be no charges for normal transactions on your account . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'll be safe as long as you stay in the Walberswick area . |
| 29 | S against T , right , then as long as you stay in the positive half , you are on the right side of the starting line , you have n't gone back and crossed over it . |
| 30 | As long as you go at a slow , steady pace , the job can be done and you none the wiser . |