Example sentences of "long as [pron] can " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quality can be more important than price for bed-and-breakfast customers and there is a demand for more en suite bathrooms as long as they can be fitted without changing the character of the house , and for secluded , self-catering accommodation with a rural character , rather than multiple units . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , what may encourage them to hold on as long as they can is the apparent split among the ‘ eight elders ’ over the whole question of reform and opposing Leftism . |
| 3 | When tough new laws are announced , it is usually with the refrain ‘ The innocent have nothing to fear , as long as they can prove it ’ . |
| 4 | The vertical ramp will be made to the same dimensions as Southsea 's , as long as they can come up with the money to make it . |
| 5 | ‘ They have a future as long as they can channel their aggression in the right area . |
| 6 | They will be able to build them wherever they like as long as they can buy the land , get planning permission and there is not another service station within 15 miles . |
| 7 | This makes sense when taken together with IBM Europe 's statement that it has excess manufacturing capacity : rather than close the plants straight away , it has thrown them to the market — they will get business from IBM but only as long as they can provide products at the going market rate . |
| 8 | As long as they can tear . |
| 9 | Fair enough I must say I 'd have given it to Whitlow myself but it does n't really matter as far a Leicester fans are concerned as long as they can hold on here for another two minutes now . |
| 10 | Many companies delay payment as long as they can while maintaining an accounts section charged with chasing their own debtors for early settlement of accounts . |
| 11 | Many companies delay payment as long as they can while maintaining an accounts section charged with chasing their own debtors for early settlement of accounts . |
| 12 | Well I think so , I think erm as long as they can go and work with children and then they 've got the time when they can leave off and come , but it 's having the whole time , well then they 've children all their life have n't they ? |
| 13 | The incessant shuttle of railway speed , the myriad daily encounters of all sorts and conditions of men owing to this cheap expedition , the resulting flux and murkiness in place of definite conviction , the unambitious content as long as one can find some modus vivendi amongst such heterogeneous diversity — this peculiar characteristic of the time ( its weakness and its strength ) is the special outcome of express trains . |
| 14 | They are however counted to wood for righteousness : as long as one can hear a timber structure one is very unlikely to break it . |
| 15 | Martin O'Neill , Wycombe 's manager , said : ‘ The result has given us a real chance of the championship as long as we can keep the momentum going . ’ |
| 16 | The relevant comment I have heard most often at NCT meetings is that on-one minds a child displaying anti-social behaviour as long as we can see mum is doing something about it ! |
| 17 | ‘ We 'll hold them here as long as we can . ’ |
| 18 | But , gentlemen , of this I am certain , the Conservative Party has been a good thing for this country and it is our business today , and as long as we can , to keep that Party solid ; and if splits must come , to delay them as long as we possibly can ( Applause ) . |
| 19 | As long as we can possibly get someone to replace them with . |
| 20 | Right okay so that 's why it 's important that we get I mean if we just got one neutron out then theoretically you could sustain a chain reaction , but in practice it would be absorbed , it would n't they would n't all hit , some of them would miss , but as long as we can get on average about one , of those three , hitting another one , we can keep it going , and we get this chain reaction going and th the heat really builds up then , and that 's what they use in a a nuclear reaction reactor . |
| 21 | As long as we can get them inside , we do n't want them outside do we ? |
| 22 | They have to be sought out , developed , milked in their maturity , then kept fertile as long as we can . |
| 23 | As long as we as long as we can persuade people to forget the pyramid er years . |
| 24 | A garage would be nice and as we 've got two cars so although a garage is vital if we as long as we can get them off the road that would be an advantage |
| 25 | ‘ As long as we can continue to keep her away from your brother . ’ |
| 26 | But it 's actually , surprisingly enough , is n't essential as long as we can agree on an allowance . |
| 27 | But , I believe that we all like to be scared a little , as long as we can shut the book at the end of the story , and still be in our cosy , safe bed . |
| 28 | as long as we can get the staff together to do it . |
| 29 | I 'm sure that , that , that as long as we can show Norfolk , we can show Norfolk with our concern interest just as much as Suffolk is concerned that our |
| 30 | ‘ I use the most simple or most complex equipment available — frankly , I think cameras are boring — they 're like a gun , if it shoots O.K. it does n't matter what it is as long as it can do its job . |