Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [art] history " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( d ) To keep the custody record which records the history of the detention ( s.39(1) ( b ) and Para. 12 of Code ) . |
| 2 | Also in the palazzo is the Museum of Contemporary History which covers the history of the city through the period from 1914–1945 . |
| 3 | As we might speak of the culture of the Hebrides , or as W. H. Rivers wrote of the culture of Melanesia , so we speak of the culture of the European West to describe a set of outlooks , aims and ways of life , which has a history in the past of Europe and has spread to other parts of the world . |
| 4 | Shortly after , the Sheerwater section , which has a history of troubles , began leaking , and the canal below St. Johns had to be closed for the rest of the summer . |
| 5 | Now and er I have to point out to minister this side of the house er actually proposed much stronger provisions on er detection of fraud er in at the the building societies act and the financial services act er in in er er er of eighty six er we have these orders er brought in far too late because the government is continuing to place reliance on an industry and a framework which has a history er of of failure . |
| 6 | Local residents fear that shock waves from any blasting operation could disturb old mineshaft workings in the area , which has a history of subsidence problems . |
| 7 | A somewhat different case is García Márquez 's One Hundred Years of Solitude which recounts the history of the small town of Macondo , not so much as it actually happened , but as its inhabitants experienced and interpreted it and as it was transmitted by popular oral tradition . |
| 8 | As McKechnie Jess says , it has proved that , even in a sector which lacks a history of innovation , it is possible , through effective marketing , to change the shape of an established product . |
| 9 | Many words have a history which reflects the history of ideas and the history of society . |
| 10 | ‘ Not only do you not wear a wedding-ring , but you have the air , the aura of sexual uncertainty which belies a history of nights spent in connubial bliss . ’ |
| 11 | Wearside , who host the Durham County championships in a fortnight 's time , have produced a book which chronicles the history of the club from its humble beginnings in 1892 to this their centenary year . |
| 12 | It is an image encountered by Gide , but also projected by him , familiar and unforgettable as an evocation of the sadness which pervades the history of illicit love . |
| 13 | The book , which traces the history of Cowdray Park Polo Club from 1910 , is to be published this season by the Polo Information Bureau at £24 . |
| 14 | The entire show can be broken roughly into halves , the first of which traces the history of Spanish art from 1900 to 1960 more-or-less chronologically . |
| 15 | FOLK lore is included in a new book which traces the history of Northwich , written by Brian Curzon . |
| 16 | A recent addition to the range of Celtic classes is Celtic Civilisation , a first-level course which explores the history and culture of the Celts , with emphasis on the literary , intellectual and artistic achievements of the Celtic tradition through the ages . |
| 17 | As Earnest Kurtz argues in " Not-God " ( published by Hazelden ) , which gives the history of Alcoholics Anonymous , the process of recovery is essentially the recognition that one is not one 's self in control of the Universe , nor even of much of one 's own life , and that one is therefore Not God and nor are the mood-altering chemicals and behaviours that one previously " worshipped " . |
| 18 | Not just a home movie , this is also a cultural document which exhumes the history of African-American struggle through Bobby 's memories of the Black Panther Isaiah Rawley . |
| 19 | Indeed it is unusual to find a fresh case of genital herpes in someone who has a history of cold sores , although it does occur in some cases . |
| 20 | Anyone who has a history of epilepsy ( even if that condition is being fully controlled by medication ) should never on any account be hypnotized , as the process of entering the appropriate altered state of mind can actually trigger off an epileptic fit . |
| 21 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |
| 22 | The late Marguerite Yourcenar was also an admirer of Proust and she relates the history of her mother 's family in Dear Departed in a way which recalls Proust 's fidelity to our actual thinking about the past and to the sheer coincidences by which past and present can seem to illuminate one another . |
| 23 | When an attempt is made to set him up as a Saint , it is scarcely possible for any man of good sense who knows the history of his times to preserve his gravity . |
| 24 | If one contrasts the history of British Conservatism in the early twentieth century with the history of the British left — or , indeed , the German right — in the same period one can only be struck by the discrepancy in the volume and nature of the scholarship produced . |
| 25 | Each one gives a history of the area , a list of all the local dive operators and the services they offer , as well as many other useful names and addresses including photographic specialists . |
| 26 | It certainly is a good story but it is hard to believe that a designer as experienced as Tupolev would casually use such information without first carefully checking it out , particularly if one considers the history of the Russian aircraft industry which over the years has sprung many surprises upon the West and will doubtless do so again in the future . |
| 27 | Whoever writes the history of the Letter of Credit will have some strange tales to tell . |
| 28 | He has no history of political manoeuvring . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He has no history of heart trouble whatsoever , ’ she added . |
| 30 | ‘ ( 1 ) Subject to the following provisions of this section , a child who is being looked after by a local authority may not be placed , and , if placed , may not be kept , in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty ( ‘ secure accommodation ’ ) unless it appears — ( a ) that — ( i ) he has a history of absconding and is likely to abscond from any other description of accommodation ; and ( ii ) if he absconds , he is likely to suffer significant harm ; or ( b ) that if he is kept in any other description of accommodation he is likely to injure himself or other persons . |