OG11-5:请教时态问题。谢谢。

5. As its sales of computer products have surpass those of measuring instruments, the company become increasingly willing to compete for its market sales they would in the past have a to rivals.

(A) they would in the past have conceded to rivals

(B) they would have conceded previously rivals

(C) that in the past would have been cones previously to rivals

(D) it previously would have conceded to the past

(E) it would in the past have conceded to rivals

此题答案E。虽然关于E选项是否省略了that看前辈们最终也没讨论个结果，但就选优来看也只能选E了。我想问的是，我排除C是因为，我觉得in the past只能接过去时，”in the past + 时间“才是接完成时。请问对不对，自己有点拿不准了。谢谢了。