Example sentences of "may have been as [det] " in BNC.

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1 Exactly how many boxes there were originally is not certain , although it seems there may have been as many as sixty-five , all of which were sent to Rome 's Istituto Centrale del Restauro in 1947 .
2 There may have been as many as 200 women compositors in London in the early 1890s , but as has been noted , the London Society of Compositors was able to exert pressure on employers and see that on the whole they were vanishing or being expelled to printing-houses in the Home Counties .
3 Police believe four men may have taken part in the grudge attack though they have been told there may have been as many as 10 .
4 Field evidence ( D. J. Laming , pers. com. ) suggests it may have been as little as 2 or 3 km .
5 This may have been as much due to tradition as to limited supplies or tin .
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