Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] it takes " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maximum clarity , he wrote , for as long as it takes . |
| 2 | Immediate first aid for a bleeding nose is to tilt the head back and pinch the nostrils together for as long as it takes . |
| 3 | The compensation deal will cost the government an estimated A$100m and involves Canberra waiving airport landing charges for as long as it takes the airlines to recoup their losses from keeping about 21,000 non-pilot employees on their staff during the dispute . |
| 4 | A spokesman said the seven Kurds released from Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , and all 18 from Gloucester Prison were given temporary admission ‘ for as long as it takes to assess their cases ’ . |
| 5 | The White House spokesman , Mr Marlin Fitzwater , said yesterday that the troops would stay for ‘ as long as it takes , ’ while a subdued Defence Secretary , Mr Dick Cheney , added : ‘ Within the next few weeks we 'll be able to meet the objectives . ’ |
| 6 | With its inflation still rising , the country on the verge of a perilous wage-price spiral and public finances deeply in the red , the Bundesbank has made it clear that it will keep the German economy locked in a vice of high interest rates for as long as it takes to squeeze out inflation . |
| 7 | In extremely dry periods , the lungfish of Africa just bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of their temporary ponds , and wait for as long as it takes until it rains again . |
| 8 | We just use whatever plane we can for as long as it takes : Singapore in eight hours of helicopter flight , Egypt in 50 . |
| 9 | They had little alternative but to stay there ‘ for as long as it takes ’ . |
| 10 | For the next few days — for as long as it takes — you just continue your life as though nothing has happened . |
| 11 | Then freeze it for as long as it takes . |
| 12 | And it 's my intention to keep up this analysis , er , for as long as it takes , probably to the end of my life . |
| 13 | ‘ That done , ’ he went on determinedly , ‘ and for as long as it takes for him to get you out of his system , you will be my girlfriend . |
| 14 | I 'll carry on for as long as it takes . |
| 15 | One young man said he was told in an interview at the company 's Middlesbrough office : ‘ Be prepared to sit in someone 's house for as long as it takes . |
| 16 | The heating is switched on only for as long as it takes to dry the washing . |
| 17 | He said that was last Friday , oh I said I was filling my timesheet in and my expense sheet , not that long , I said well it takes as long as it takes do n't it ? |