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long as
a. so (or as) long as. Also elliptically long as (now colloquial). [Compare Dutch als lange als, so lange als, Old Saxon sō lango sō, Old High German sō lango sō, alsō lango sō.]
(a) During the whole time that. Cf. sense 1b.Frequently with a conditional implication (passing into the sense at Phrases 3a(b)).
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the world > time > duration > [adverb] > for the whole time or duration
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OE Blickling Homilies 169 Swa lange swa ge ðis dydon ðara anum ðe on me gelyfdon,..þæt wæs swa swa ge hit me sylfum dydon.]
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 21 (MED) Þat lond is wel at ese, As long as [L. cum] men lyueþ at ese.
1433 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §18. m. 15 Whiles and as longe as hit is or shall bee soo.
1434 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 235 (MED) As was appointed unto me..a certaine somme for to receive by þe quarter, and so forth after þe afferant, as long as I stood in his service.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. OOOiiii The exercise..is called a meditacion, as long as it is with any inquisicion, serche, or difficulty of the mynde.
1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 27 Als lang as I leue on this eird.
1611 Bible (King James) Matt. ix. 15 Can the children of the bride-chamber mourne, as long as the bridegrome is with them?
1684 Observator in Dialogue 23 Apr. We are Safe, so long as we are in Good hands.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xx. 129 The World..always will be the same, as long as Men are Men.
1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlix. 183 As long as there is one man living, who thinks you worthy of his confidence.
1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 22 Long as there's a sun that sets Primroses will have their glory.
1825 C. Thirlwall Lett. (1881) 85 To cling to your profession as long as you can.
1904 Daily Chron. 29 Dec. 4/6 I hope that, as long as there are German corps-students, the spirit which is fostered in their corps..will be preserved.
?1953 A. L. Rowse Diary 23 Oct. (2003) 160 Always a public humiliation so long as I can remember.
2008 St. Petersburg (Russia) Times 20 May 10/4 The arguments over why Russia repeatedly runs into roadblocks in its path toward democracy will continue as long as the country exists.
(b) Provided that, if only.
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1855 ‘G. Eliot’ in Fraser's Mag. June 699/1 ‘What's the odds, so long as one can sleep?’ is your formule de la vie.
1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. xvi. 445/3 B bets A that a horse has a right to break fifty times in a heat, as long as he does not gain.
1887 ‘L. Carroll’ Game of Logic Pref. Is there any great harm in that, so long as you get plenty of amusement?
1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock i. i. 22 ‘It's all right,’ he said, ‘long as you are here.’
1955 ‘A. Aldrich’ We walk Alone xv. 135 Her mother did not care what she did or what she was, so long as it did not affect her own reputation.
1991 Photo Answers Aug. 81/1 As long as your camera has a screw-in cable-release socket, then many camera stores will be able to sell you a mechanical self-timer.
2011 Guardian 17 Feb. 17 As long as you get the measurements right, I guarantee the recipe below will work perfectly.
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