Example sentences of "as [adv] have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the rest of the trip there might as well have been a sound-proof grill between the front and back seats , Shannon reflected wryly . |
| 2 | They may as well have been a small part of a photograph album gathering dust in the depth of someone 's attic . |
| 3 | It did n't really matter , their expressions seemed to say , he might as well have been a short-order cook or a deep-sea diver or a male prostitute . |
| 4 | Gingerly he reached out to touch it ; it might as well have been a physical part of his wife 's anatomy , like an ear or a finger . |
| 5 | Iraq , a signatory to the non-proliferation treaty , appears to have managed to divert nuclear materials to bomb-making despite regular safeguard inspections , but the treaty has been a success on the whole — as indeed has been the complex structure of hot-line , surveillance and negotiation which has ensured that the East-West ‘ balance of terror ’ never tipped over into nuclear war : |