Example sentences of "have [not/n't] been as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No doubt business is better than last year but it has not been as good as many people suggested it might be , ’ he said . |
| 2 | However , although the WDA has remained , it has not been as interventionist in terms of urban policy as has the SDA . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The effect of this change has not been as dramatic as had been feared . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But though Venus does not seem to be geologically moribund it seems likely that it has not been as geologically active as the Earth and that no global system of Plate Tectonics has ever developed . |
| 10 | Although OS/2 can run DOS ( and in turn DOS applications ) it has not been as widely accepted in Europe as it has in America . |
| 11 | Therefore , the Minister has not been as generous as he pretends . |
| 12 | The commercial application of expert systems in the UK has not been as widespread as was originally anticipated . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 " . |
| 15 | 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 ] . |
| 16 | Erm it perhaps has n't been as major as as people might er have thought it should be . |
| 17 | It has n't been as difficult as I thought it would be , so far … but I 'm determined not to have another smoke . |
| 18 | He said 3i had always taken a long-term view and had not been as badly hit by the recession as the banks had because it had been cautious . |
| 19 | It was the final proof that perhaps , after all , she had not been as inferior to her sister as she had imagined . |
| 20 | ‘ I know that if Wyn had not been as strong as she has , then I would not be here today . ’ |
| 21 | But in any case the concept of supranational defence integration had not been as carefully considered and researched , and its potential participants fully persuaded of its value , in advance as had been the case with the ECSC . |
| 22 | Swod pursed his lips with faint irascibility : his ‘ bon mot ’ about Mills had not been as conclusive as he hoped . |
| 23 | She enjoyed nearly everything , even widow 's weeds perhaps most of all widow 's weeds , as her married life had not been as exciting as she might have wished , and besides , they were so graceful and pretty . |
| 24 | The superintendent was looking relieved that the incident had not been as bad as it might have been . |
| 25 | But Travis was shaking his head , and insisting that he had not been as enthusiastic as he might have been on Saturday . |
| 26 | Mr Wilkinsion said he was pleasantly surprised that the loss of traffic had not been as bad as feared . |
| 27 | Then she rode home feeling a bit ashamed that she had n't been as brave as she felt sure a proper Brownie ought to have been in face of danger . |
| 28 | ‘ Arthur Andersen felt that we had n't been as strong on the commercial management as we should have been . |
| 29 | It had n't been as bad as she had feared . |
| 30 | The interview with Georg , too , while unpleasant , had n't been as terrible as Suzi had feared . |