Example sentences of "would have had difficulty " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 . ’
3 Dennis was thrashing about so vigorously that even a trained lifeguard would have had difficulty in retrieving him .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 So much so that even her ‘ father ’ would have had difficulty telling her from the real thing .
8 Eva would have had difficulty holding the reins , even for such a short time , without wanting to give them a short , sharp jerk occasionally .
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