as imaginative as one might have hoped 
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (RB as) (JJ imaginative)) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP one)) (VP (MD might) (VP (VB have) (VP (VBN hoped))))))))
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (SBAR (IN ) (S (NP (PRP )) (VP (MD ) (VP (VB ) (VP (VBN ))))))))