Example sentences of "have [art] history of " in BNC.

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1 He has no history of political manoeuvring . ’
2 So , a person with a higher than normal cholesterol concentration carries a relatively low risk if he/she does not smoke , has low blood pressure , is not overweight , exercises regularly and has no history of heart disease in the family .
3 El Salvador has no history of an organized feminist movement .
4 ‘ He has no history of heart trouble whatsoever , ’ she added .
5 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 .
6 Belgium has a history of unstable governments .
7 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 .
8 This could happen in a high-stress job where the executive concerned has a history of heart trouble .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 ‘ Medicine has a problem — it has a history of sexism and classism .
12 Sheikh Mohammed 's nine-year-old has a history of leg trouble and has been absent since his Cheltenham triumph in March .
13 ‘ The lad has a history of moving on in the game .
14 In the New York court system , a mugger is automatically declared not guilty if the defense can prove the victim has a history of making eye contact .
15 JOHN Bryan 's glamorous personal assistant has a history of mischief herself .
16 ‘ Race ’ has a history of supplementing and replacing class as a representation of deviance in psychology .
17 A study of child prostitution in Britain , America and West Germany reports that ‘ every runaway child who goes into full-time child prostitution has a history of continual and profound family conflict ’ ( Sereny , 1984 ) .
18 Indeed , as chief executive Corrado Passera pointed out , Olivetti has a history of investment in the personal communications sector .
19 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 .
20 North Forest has a history of administrative instability , near-insolvency and crime ; one high school was partly burnt down .
21 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 .
22 Border has a history of reacting to situations before considering all the consequences .
23 Cardiff castle has a history of more than 1900 years dating from the coming of the Romans in the first century .
24 Ask if the patient has a history of lung disease .
25 ‘ [ The child ] has a history of absconding .
26 ‘ ( 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 .
27 If the organisation has a history of autocratic leadership , it will be difficult to introduce a new style .
28 ‘ He has a history of high blood-pressure and an added problem is that his stage show is quite physical .
29 Finally , evidence is accumulating that a person 's emotional environment influences his or her likelihood of suffering an acute psychotic episode if he or she already has a history of schizophrenic disorder .
30 Apparently he has a history of COADs — chronic obstructive airways disease .
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