关于两个强调结构

sophiababy

怎么解释这两个结构？ 十分感谢！

摘自白勇的语法

1.many+名词短语，if not most，verb

eg：Although Ms Bakara had previously emphasized that she could not speak for other Black people.she ventured to do so on this one occasion because she firmly believed that many minority people, if not most, would agree with her.

2. as... as...，if not more so

eg：The use of chemical pesticides in this country is as extensive as it was ten years ago, if not more so.

hetao1013

我的看法:
1.这里的most并不是比较用法，而是相对many minority而言，后面的would+v是虚拟语气
2.这里的more就是比较用法了，是与as extensive as对应的，将该国现在杀虫剂的使用情况与十年前比较。
欢迎指正！