Providing flexible gas loans (2,4,2)
I believe the answer is:
as long as
'providing' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'flexible gas loans' is the wordplay.
'flexible' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'gas'+'loans'='gasloans'
'gasloans' anagrammed gives 'AS LONG AS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for as long as that I've seen before include "On condition that - (" ___ your arm")" , "Provided" , "for the time" .)