Sentence examples for former so long from inspiring English sources

O'Connor called on police to use their discretion to be more tolerant of the former – so long as they were peaceful – as a necessary part of the workings of our democracy.

The latter can be just as meaningful as the former, so long as you are looking at certification from a trusted organization.

This led to leaders of a hostile nation becoming kings over their former enemies, so long as they had a good sword arm to back up their claims.

Mr. Lewis said the decision to endorse Mr. Obama in 2008 was "a tough decision, a hard decision," because he had been so close to Mrs. Clinton and her husband, the former president, for so long.

"It's good for the sport and good for the sponsors to see their guy out there doing a good job for so long," former world champion Sunny Garcia said.

Perhaps this bold Russian initiative will have been discarded as an option by the time this is read, but without such cooperation between these former enemies who competed so long and destructively in the Mideast, there is no hope for genuine peace throughout that region.

The laws permitted the use of these former industrial spaces as residences, so long as each apartment contained an artist certified by the city.

After all, the security groups are often made up of tribal militias and former insurgent forces that not so long ago fired on US and Iraqi forces.

Recycling former writers can only last so long, however, and it cannot make up for all of those who have left.

Meanwhile, Knopfler has turned his back on the band for so long that former members have started to play the songs without him (as the Straits).

1. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it has taken so long for former Labour MP Tony Benn to "play" Glastonbury - a festival so long associated with alternative lifestyles and radical thinking.