Example sentences of "have not been as [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Environmental pollution in the Gulf has not been as extensive as feared , according to a survey by a team from the Monaco-based Marine Environment Laboratory , an arm of the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) [ see also ED 62 ] .
2 Food costs have been high in the past because Fred has not been as efficient as he might have been ( he certainly seems to have neglected his record-keeping ! ) , and his action in letting Chrissie take the food was motivated by his resentment at being demoted .
3 However , although the WDA has remained , it has not been as interventionist in terms of urban policy as has the SDA .
4 ‘ No doubt business is better than last year but it has not been as good as many people suggested it might be , ’ he said .
5 I mentioned the reduction in unemployment that has taken place in Holyhead , and , while the decrease has not been as good there as in some other areas , the announcements that I made this morning gave a priority to Holyhead .
6 Although data and voice transmission lines are moving gradually towards the 144Kbits per second Integrated Services Digital Networks specification , the report believes that ISDN has not been as successful as many pundits believed it would be .
7 Although data and voice transmission lines are moving gradually towards the 144Kbits per second Integrated Services Digital Networks specification , the report believes ISDN has not been as successful as many pundits believed it would be .
8 Therefore , the Minister has not been as generous as he pretends .
9 The effect of this change has not been as dramatic as had been feared .
10 In spite of these impressive results , progress in finding other examples of neurons with highly selective trigger features has not been as rapid as was hoped .
11 Table 6.9 Sterling commercial paper The development of the market has not been as rapid or as extensive as in many other European countries .
12 In 1850 Nesselrode expressed the view that " Russia 's position and that of her Sovereign has not been as attractive or as powerful since 1814 " .
13 The commercial application of expert systems in the UK has not been as widespread as was originally anticipated .
14 Erm it perhaps has n't been as major as as people might er have thought it should be .
15 It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke .
16 ‘ I know that if Wyn had not been as strong as she has , then I would not be here today . ’
17 The superintendent was looking relieved that the incident had not been as bad as it might have been .
18 Mr Wilkinsion said he was pleasantly surprised that the loss of traffic had not been as bad as feared .
19 It was the final proof that perhaps , after all , she had not been as inferior to her sister as she had imagined .
20 But Travis was shaking his head , and insisting that he had not been as enthusiastic as he might have been on Saturday .
21 She enjoyed nearly everything , even widow 's weeds perhaps most of all widow 's weeds , as her married life had not been as exciting as she might have wished , and besides , they were so graceful and pretty .
22 Swod pursed his lips with faint irascibility : his ‘ bon mot ’ about Mills had not been as conclusive as he hoped .
23 ‘ Arthur Andersen felt that we had n't been as strong on the commercial management as we should have been .
24 The interview with Georg , too , while unpleasant , had n't been as terrible as Suzi had feared .
25 She had n't been as long in this job as her last one , yet she knew there was a positive danger that she might soon be scouring the situations vacant columns again .
26 Then she rode home feeling a bit ashamed that she had n't been as brave as she felt sure a proper Brownie ought to have been in face of danger .
27 It had n't been as bad as she had feared .
28 She was upset , but later reflected it had n't been as bad as it could have been .
29 One of the reasons why there has been nothing outstanding about the rate of growth of trade within the EEC and between the EEC and third countries may have been because its members have not been as assiduous as might have been expected ( by the British at least ) in removing barriers to trade between themselves and with the rest of the world .
30 There have not been as many jobs lying unfilled for at least three years , and companies simply can not find the people they need . ’
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