Example sentences of "[noun] have a history " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each element in the communication processes of which media are a part has a history of its own : the media organizations , the changing technology , the contents , the audiences . |
| 2 | The basis for this offer is the fact known by the cops and the criminals that the judge in the case has a history of giving reduced sentences and often clemency to guilty criminals who truly show remorse ; the judge also believes that co-operation with the police is proof that a criminal regrets his behaviour . |
| 3 | You see this department has a history . |
| 4 | Unconfirmed reports also indicated that the aircraft had a history of neglected technical problems including the malfunction of both of its weather radars , first identified in August . |
| 5 | Many words have a history which reflects the history of ideas and the history of society . |
| 6 | But taking the fact into account that schools have a history and a texture , the manager 's armoury of awareness has to be constantly reviewed and expanded . |
| 7 | Mr Bourne had a history of anxiety and agitation and a psychiatric report stated he found the world too difficult to cope with . |
| 8 | Marius had a history of heart trouble — you say he 'd had a minor attack before you went to France in the summer . |
| 9 | Alex Household had a history of mental instability and paranoia . |
| 10 | The boy had a history of fits . |
| 11 | But the inquest was told that lifts at Hamilton Hall had a history of breakdowns and students often attempted ‘ self-rescues ’ . |
| 12 | This means that he asked his questions from an existing problematic ; each question had a history of answers on which he was able to draw and contextualize his own . |
| 13 | BELOW : Lodgemore Mill had a history of fires , the one in 1871 destroying virtually all the stone-built mill . |
| 14 | ‘ The lad has a history of moving on in the game . |
| 15 | North Forest has a history of administrative instability , near-insolvency and crime ; one high school was partly burnt down . |
| 16 | Even the pop consumer 's body has a history . |
| 17 | The argument is therefore not about police control or a utopia without controls , but to explore why some cultural behaviour has a history of police action and to discover where that behaviour fits into police ideology . |
| 18 | This type of tree has a history extending back to the upper Cretaceous . |
| 19 | Thus , although capitalism is blamed by many workers for the treatment older people receive today , it is clear that ageism has a history which long predates this form of social organisation . |
| 20 | The harbour town of Watchet has a history going back over a thousand years and is still an active trading port . |
| 21 | If the organisation has a history of autocratic leadership , it will be difficult to introduce a new style . |
| 22 | Border has a history of reacting to situations before considering all the consequences . |
| 23 | In the crowd scenes every character has a history — the chaotic spontaneity is deceptive , and improvisation is out . |
| 24 | Does the person have a history of violence , antagonism to ‘ authority ’ , or of mental disturbance associated with irrational feelings of persecution ? |
| 25 | In districts where industrial crafts such as weaving or metalworking had been long established many families had a history of involvement in one or more of the local trades over several generations . |
| 26 | The supporters from three of these teams have a history of violence ; in Cairo , riot police are nearly always on hand , and even referees need protection from death threats . |
| 27 | The fact that evil has a history as long as homo sapiens should itself warn one against moralising convulsions . |
| 28 | Second , the individual 's stance has a history : the ‘ attitude ’ is not fixed , but rhetorically unfolds as the historical context of controversy unfolds . |
| 29 | JOHN Bryan 's glamorous personal assistant has a history of mischief herself . |
| 30 | Matrix Churchill 's managing director Paul Henderson had a history of supplying machine tools behind the Iron Curtain and passing information back to Britain via MI6 . |