Example sentences of "[modal v] he not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | If God created primitive living things like plants for animals to eat ( do plants have theos rights ? ) , then why should He not have created more complex but still primitive beings which kill each other and may be eaten by man who has been set in dominion over all else ? |
| 2 | Should he not have acquired a deep mental calm and certainty ? |
| 3 | If there is indeed any foundation for these fears — which I do not at all suppose , for why should he not have contacted me if he was in such trouble ? — I shall settle the matter at once . |
| 4 | Rather than railing against American policy in Vietnam in 1966 – 67 , might he not have attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict ? |
| 5 | Rather than warning Arabs and Israelis not to attack one another , might he not have used his influence in Arab capitals to resolve the problem in the Straits of Tiran ? |
| 6 | With this one issue so heavy on his mind , might he not have muttered some confused reference to it in his dreams ? |
| 7 | Could he not have issued a warning ? " |
| 8 | Could he not have married you ? ’ |
| 9 | Why could he not have foreseen what we see now ? |
| 10 | Only if he succeeded after 14 December 685 would he not have completed twenty years by 14 December 705 . |