Example sentences of "[pron] have a history [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
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 Those which have a history of collaborating closely with people , such as the retrievers and other gundogs , are amongst the most responsive to training .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 She had a history of aching in the chest , pain extending to both shoulder blades , and neck pain associated with tiredness of both the upper and lower arms and hands .
8 She had a history of recurrent eczema but no exposure to toxic products .
9 She had a history of hospital admissions for similar symptoms in 1976 , 1983 , and 1989 which resolved spontaneously .
10 She had a history of insulin-dependent diabetes and hypertension .
11 As Thomas was apparently away in Reigate , Marina , his wife , aged 26 , who had a history of mental illness , was charged with the murder .
12 A child aged 14 in the care of a local authority who had a history of absconding was placed in an open unit from which he absconded and was absent for 94 days .
13 We excluded from the analysis subjects who had a history of heart attack , heart failure , stroke , cancer , or an unknown periodontal classification at baseline .
14 Youths rioted for two nights on the streets of Telford in the Midlands after police marksmen shot dead Ian Gordon early on Aug. 12 ; the 24-year-old black man , who had a history of psychiatric problems , had pointed a firearm at the policemen ; two witnesses were reported to have told police that the gun was unloaded and had no firing mechanism .
15 The comic , who had a history of heart trouble , had become a father for the fourth time only last year , when his second wife Tracey gave birth to their daughter Charlotte .
16 All the other deaths were of players who had a history of heart trouble .
17 None of the patients studied had received a blood transfusion in the 3 months before admission to the renal unit , and none had a history of diabetes mellitus .
18 None had a history of coeliac disease ; there were 10 patients with a reduced level of serum ferritin , vitamin B 1 2 , or corrected whole blood folate , and 3 patients had reticulin antibodies at a titre over 1/32 .
19 Shoulder injuries occur in competitors who have a history of problems with that joint .
20 Couples who have a history of sharing the domestic duties and ‘ mucking in ’ together , find that the transition happens smoothly .
21 For some , perhaps those who have a history of anxiety and many insecure attachments , a diminished capacity to engage in seeking new attachments may represent a welcome relief from endlessly unfulfilled desires .
22 Young children who have a history of being hit sometimes flinch when adults come too close .
23 Brown and Birley ( 1968 ) argued that people who have a history of schizophrenia have a high sensitivity to their social environment even when they have no apparent symptoms .
24 You may feel ready to embark on more strenuous exercise ; but do talk to your doctor before you get carried away if you have a history of heart trouble or high blood pressure , or any other health problems such as bronchitis or emphysema .
25 Intercourse is safe throughout pregnancy , unless you had a previous miscarriage , in which case it should be avoided during the first 14 weeks and avoided altogether if you have a history of miscarrying .
26 You , you have a history of legal actions do n't you ?
27 You have a history of legal actions
28 You 're running Channel Four , and you have a history in television , those are your dynastic origins .
29 What mattered to Marx and Engels was therefore not so much the specific history which had produced these concepts , but the fact that they had a history at all , that the concepts were dependent on the type of society and economy in which they occurred .
30 They had a history of hearing loss for an average of 18 months .
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