Are NegativeObjectPropertyAssertions really just syntactic sugar in OWL2?

Dear OWL experts,

the W3C document about new features in OWL 2 states that 
NegativeObjectPropertyAssertations are syntactic sugar in OWL 2 [1]. 
 From my understanding, "syntactic sugar" means that they can be 
expressed in OWL 1 as well, but only in a more verbose fashion.

However, I cannot see how I could express the example below, used in 
[1], in OWL 1. Which point am I missing here?

NegativeObjectPropertyAssertion( /:livesIn/ /:ThisPatient/ /:IleDeFrance/ )
<=>
_:x rdf:type owl:NegativePropertyAssertion.
_:x owl:sourceIndividual :ThisPatient.
_:x owl:assertionProperty :livesIn.
_:x owl:targetIndividual :IleDeFrance.

Best,
Heiko.

[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/owl2-new-features/


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