Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] as have " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , however , our knowledge here is not so deficient as has been imagined . |
| 2 | Now the poor economies are known to be not so poor as had generally been supposed , more of them should be invited to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( whose membership is currently confined to the 24 ‘ industrial ’ countries ) or to attend the annual economic summit of the leaders of the G7 . |
| 3 | Schüssler Fiorenza has shown in an impressive way in In Memory of Her that women 's contribution to the life of the church was not so marginal as has often been assumed . |
| 4 | STEFFI GRAF 'S hopes of defending her Wimbledon title have improved after doctors revealed that her foot injury was not as serious as had been feared . |
| 5 | It would seem , however , that the demand for gift delivery of hardback books at a charge of £4.99 ( plus the price of the book , of course ) was not as great as had been hoped . |
| 6 | Members of the House of Commons ' Environment select committee have concluded that the rate of destruction of Brazilian rainforest is not as great as has been reported . |
| 7 | Its understood that announcement is not as imminent as has been suggested . |
| 8 | The cuts , although severe , were not as drastic as had been expected . |
| 9 | At the barrier at Gatwick , I was met by a friendly policeman who told me that the injuries were not as bad as had at first been thought , and that none of my family was in danger — news which immediately reduced me to tears . |
| 10 | Den Bosch , Netherlands-based Tulip Computers NV reported a loss — the first in its history — of about $8m for 1992 , and said it is cutting out the dividend , but the shares improved about 8% after the company said that it expected better 1993 results — and the loss was not as bad as had been feared : analysts had seen a loss of as much as $13m . |
| 11 | Some experts suggested that the damage resulting from the slick was not as severe as had first been assumed . |
| 12 | These results are important for plate tectonic theory because they show that the Earth is not currently expanding as has been suggested by a small minority of earth scientists , at least not at a rate which is significant compared with rates of plate motion . |