How to Use so long as in a Sentence

so long as

conjunction

• Don’t mind a thick sole so long as your feet stay high and dry?
  — Iona Brannon, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Jan. 2022
• Gifts are almost always welcome, so long as there’s enough space in the room — just check first with whoever is spending time there.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2021
• That's true so long as the facility has a license from a state or other political entity to care for you.
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
• All surf racks below will be universal fit, so long as your vehicle has enough space for a typical roof rack system.
  — Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2022
• But so long as her plans for the school remain virtual, so too will the operations of its teachers and students, who have been holding classes online for the entire school year.
  — Linda Kinstler, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2022
• Some anthropologists point out that some tribes are satisfied with their objects being preserved in these places so long as those tribes have access to them.
  — Rachel Parsons, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2022
• Soon, a deal was reached: Europe would proceed with its import ban but allow companies to insure Russian oil shipments elsewhere so long as the buyers paid Russia no more than $60 a barrel.
  — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2023
• Pulling off this deal gives Phoenix one of the most overloaded offenses in all of basketball, lands Durant at the destination atop his most preferred list and makes the Suns championship contenders so long as Paul stays healthy running the point.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2022
• While a future Conservative leader could choose to call for an election, the chances of them doing so—and enough Conservative lawmakers supporting them—is slim so long as the Tories remain behind in the polls.
  — Time, 20 Oct. 2022
• An offeror can make a nominal offer in good faith so long as the offeror has a reasonable basis to conclude its exposure is nominal.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2022
• While vaccines will remain largely free for people with insurance even after the emergency ends -- so long as they're administered by an in-network provider -- free treatment and tests could be less of a guarantee.
  — Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2023
• Fundamental freedoms in the U.K. remain severely imperiled so long as censorship zones persist.
  — Elyssa Koren, National Review, 13 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024