Example sentences of "[noun pl] would have have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But thanks to their 28 victories in the constituencies the Conservatives would have had nine seats ( 28 minus 19 ) too many , whilst from the pool of ten additional seats it would have been impossible to furnish both the nine additional seats due to Labour ( 11 minus two won in constituencies ) and the ten additional seats owing to the Liberals . |
2 | At that speed , pedestrians would have had seven seconds from the time the train came into view until it reached the crossing . |
3 | Had the war ended with the collapse of Madrid in November 1936 , the Nationalists would have had considerable difficulty in improvising the governmental and administrative apparatus necessary to sustain a new regime . |
4 | Not all of these widows would have had dependent children of course , but a significant proportion must have done as there were 460 children under 14 in the 403 households in this group . |
5 | We may suspect that if Polybius had done his job properly modern scholars would have had less difficulty in finding a way into the Roman mind . |
6 | The extra cost of a harder and more lasting cutting edge was a wise investment — warriors would have had little time to re-sharpen their blades in the heat of battle ! |