Example sentences of "has 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 . |