Example sentences of "[not/n't] have been as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taken as a whole , the cost of capital in Japan in 1988–93 will not have been as low as it seemed . |
| 2 | Secondly , the reformed monasteries of the tenth century were of necessity largely aristocratic in composition , and had they been perceived to have no function in aristocratic society , they could not have been as successful as they were . |
| 3 | Had the recession been staved off for longer , support for the Scottish Nationalists — now at 31 p.c. in the polls and only seven points behind Labour — might not have been as strong . |
| 4 | These differing responses , the fundamental cause of most of the wars of history , were not necessarily taken with a knowledge of the effect that they would ultimately have , for at the relevant time the choice would not have been as clear to those making them , as it would be to minds educated to standards prevailing centuries later . |
| 5 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
| 6 | This was true , in a way , and his saying it made me sympathetic and tearful , but on the other hand I knew that if I had told him , his attitude would not have been as indulgent as he was pretending now . |
| 7 | She might not have been as glamorous as the great vessels loaded with equally glamorous cargo , but she was just as important in her own way . |
| 8 | During his time in the Army he had been exemplary as far as conduct in battle and general discipline were concerned , but he would not have been as traditional a British soldier as he was if he had n't stretched a principle or two during life in barracks . |
| 9 | ‘ I might not have been as good as other Yorkshire left-arm spinners like Hedley Verity or Wilfred Rhodes , but perhaps my name can be mentioned alongside them . |
| 10 | Though the overall level may not have been as spectacular as it has in years past , the show has built itself quite a substantial following , and most dealers reported ‘ okay ’ business . |
| 11 | If this behaviour represents a national trend then the influence of these guidelines on the sample doctors ' behaviour may not have been as pronounced as the study suggests . |
| 12 | Without slave labour the plantations of sugar and cotton could not have been as rapidly developed . |
| 13 | Last night 's lovemaking had changed everything for Sarella herself ; she had never guessed it could be like that , and she could n't imagine that it might not have been as earth-shattering for Marc too . |
| 14 | ‘ It might not have been as simple as that . ’ |
| 15 | Even the weather co-operated , but could not have been as warm as the welcome extended to us by staff and students . |
| 16 | I should n't have been as thin as this . |