as long as

Example Sentences

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"We can push it even further in the future, as long as I stay healthy and I think this is hopefully just the beginning."

From BBC

“I think they had a good game playing defensively, forcing us to take some shots and I thought … I mean listen, sometimes you got to make shots. And they made timely shots and we didn’t. We didn’t give ourselves a good chance on the offensive end. I think defensively, we held serve as long as we could. But offensively, we didn’t give ourselves a good chance.”

From Los Angeles Times

Yet the country will see only limited economic improvement as long as oil output remains depressed.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Judging accurately is almost impossible. As long as we haven't solved that issue, it will be difficult" to stake a claim for the Olympics.

From Barron's

"As long as my brother is there, I'll keep sending him things. He has nothing to do with the government, and if I don't send him anything, how will he eat?"

From Barron's