Example sentences of "[modal v] have have difficulty " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless even a stronger British economy might have had difficulty in satisfying American expectations . |
| 2 | ‘ While I might have had difficulty believing you at that particular moment two years ago , it was two years ago . |
| 3 | Hearing people may have had difficulty in access , but we have argued that this arises in the unequal status of the learner ( hearing ) and teacher ( deaf ) . |
| 4 | Had West Bank society been industrialized , with the social transformation this implies , the Israelis would have had difficulty preventing these mayors from producing a united national leadership . |
| 5 | He was very geared to the principle of being in an indie band for the sake of it and he would have had difficulty signing to a major label on any terms . ’ |
| 6 | Dennis was thrashing about so vigorously that even a trained lifeguard would have had difficulty in retrieving him . |
| 7 | This was partly because its proposals would have put an end to the prospect of the very benefits that securitisation should bring ( because the Bank of England would have had difficulty in applying its own regulations for securitisation ) , and partly because the accounting treatment proposed seemed to us inconsistent . |
| 8 | In the state it was , the landlord would have had difficulty in finding respectable tenants and was happy to let it out — at a fairly stiff rent — to youngsters . |
| 9 | The Company was not well organized , but even a strong company would have had difficulty resisting the attacks of the Dutch — now at the height of their power — on its forts in West Africa , which began before war had been declared in Europe . |
| 10 | So much so that even her ‘ father ’ would have had difficulty telling her from the real thing . |
| 11 | Eva would have had difficulty holding the reins , even for such a short time , without wanting to give them a short , sharp jerk occasionally . |