Example sentences of "[modal v] he [adv] 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 ‘ Why should he suddenly have materialized out of the blue ? ’
5 It is brought out clearly , and even contrasted with the Hebrew view , in the Epistle to the Hebrews , 9 : 25–6 : ‘ Nor yet that he should offer himself often , as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with the blood of others ; For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world ; but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself . ’
6 Rather than railing against American policy in Vietnam in 1966 – 67 , might he not have attempted to mediate a solution to the conflict ?
7 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 ?
8 With this one issue so heavy on his mind , might he not have muttered some confused reference to it in his dreams ?
9 Could he not have issued a warning ? "
10 Could he not have married you ? ’
11 Why could he not have foreseen what we see now ?
12 Could he ever have been in love with her ?
13 Now that his consciousness was changed , how could he possibly have allowed himself to speculate about its identity , postpone the means of putting his mind at rest and then , ostrich-like , avoid the issue altogether ?
14 How could he possibly have done so ?
15 What reason could he possibly have for staying ? ’
16 How could he possibly have American dentistry ?
17 This uncle who was also presumably the uncle of er , not only the Rivers ' children , but would he also have been the uncle of Re Mrs Reed 's
18 Only if he succeeded after 14 December 685 would he not have completed twenty years by 14 December 705 .
19 Would he just have left me …
20 Would he ever have got to the Olympics if every time he went to train at his local track he got swamped by the waste from a few thousand local toilets ?
21 Nor would he ever have remembered it , had he not met the man again , a long way from Lindos .
22 ‘ But would he still have had the strength to kill Harry ? ’
23 Would he still have been in collusion with his master ?
24 And , if he had moved any farther down the course , would he still have had a clear view of Captain Brown waving his flag to signal a false start ?
25 Would he always have this effect on her ?
26 Would he really have to spend three solid years with this guy ?
27 Will he particularly look at what the French are doing in terms of tax concessions to encourage the viability of such an environmentally friendly fuel , and will he perhaps have a word with our right hon. Friend the Chancellor on that subject ?
28 The look of a winner , but will he still have it in four years ' time ?
29 BUT WILL he actually have to anything to do — given that the island 's security is not under threat ?
30 But how can he ever have forgotten it ?
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