Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] history " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Art and Antiques squad had enjoyed a chequered history . |
| 2 | The charges of genocide that followed were denied by Iraq but pressure accumulated for a UN investigation , not least through the criticism of Turkish premier Ozal , whose own country 's relations with its Kurdish minority have enjoyed a chequered history over the years . |
| 3 | London Road has enjoyed a chequered history . |
| 4 | While some authors have reported a frequent history of peptic ulcer disease , data on concomitant peptic ulcer disease are lacking , mainly because in most studies this question was not studied specifically . |
| 5 | He 's since written a 4-volume history of wartime intelligence and has little doubt about Bletchley 's significance . |
| 6 | He was born in the village and has written a short history of Scorton . |
| 7 | Detailed geochemical profiling of the lava sequences has revealed a complex history of eruption from magma chambers which , although linked in the same geotectonic setting , had individual development paths within the crust . |
| 8 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |
| 9 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |
| 10 | It 's got a long history , lots of it confused as you 'd expect in Oxford of course . |
| 11 | But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history . |
| 12 | This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders.But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history . |
| 13 | I have had a long history of muscular trouble , of a weak back . |
| 14 | Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered . |
| 15 | This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory . |
| 16 | Sheffield was a very different type of town , but like most other places that developed into great Victorian cities it had already had a long history as a market and craft centre . |
| 17 | That stone has had a curious history . |
| 18 | Originally a Celtic settlement and later a Roman one , it has had a stormy history . |
| 19 | But the block , like most of its kind , had had a chequered history . |
| 20 | The corporation has had a chequered history since then . |
| 21 | But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history . |
| 22 | The shop has had a chequered history : it opened as a Sherratt & Hughes , and was an early incursion by a chain retailer into an area dominated by , and largely reserved for , independents . |
| 23 | It has had a chequered history , including use as a powder magazine . |
| 24 | However , despite their enormous popularity , personality tests , on their own , have had a disappointing history in predicting behaviour at work . |
| 25 | The professors went on : ‘ We are speaking not as members of this or that nation , continent or creed but as human beings , members of the species Man whose continued existence is in doubt … a biological species which has had a remarkable history and whose disappearance none of us can desire . ’ |
| 26 | There were bookshelves along one wall , with titles ranging from John Keegan 's Six Armies in Normandy and Richard Holmes 's Firing Line , which I 'd read , to anonymous pulp volumes called A Social History of the Hand Grenade or similar , which I 'd no intention of reading . |
| 27 | As always , Lucien 's dreams had invented a happier history for him . |
| 28 | Most , if not all , of the more seriously disadvantaged areas have experienced a long history of marginalisation and of dependence on distant or alien authorities . |
| 29 | With Kenco Ground Coffee you can be sure that you are getting the best , because since it was established in 1922 , Kenco has acquired a long-established history as traditional coffee makers . |