Example sentences of "[modal v] have been had the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well , it was n't as gruesome as it might have been had the bodies been five weeks rather than five years old , but it had n't been a pretty sight by any means .
2 It was a technological triumph and a magnificent intelligence coup , or would have been had the Russians not know about it all the time .
3 They share one feature in common , namely an attempt to quantify what the condition of , say , the balance of trade would have been had the country in question not participated in the CU .
4 Nevertheless , the overall result is richer than it would have been had the speaker just produced [ 14b ] , and , I believe , richer than it would have been had the speaker produced an alternative metaphor in which the pound was actually mentioned .
5 Nevertheless , the overall result is richer than it would have been had the speaker just produced [ 14b ] , and , I believe , richer than it would have been had the speaker produced an alternative metaphor in which the pound was actually mentioned .
6 Perhaps it would have been had the South American dealer not ignored his every letter , fax and telephone call requesting confirmation of delivery date .
7 The calculation of additional financing costs may also be carried out on a comparative basis , comparing what the costs would have been had the project not been delayed and disrupted compared with actual costs .
8 The picture that we now have from Oppenheimer 's work is as follows : The gravitational field of the star changes the paths of light rays in space-time from what they would have been had the star not been present .
9 We did not make it clear that the table showed not the banks ' actual ratios but a hypothetical estimate of what they would have been had the banks not borrowed subordinated loans to boost their capital ( as Japan 's finance ministry let them do after June ) .
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