Example sentences of "[verb] [art] chequered history " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unsurprising , you might argue , given the chequered history of pop singers in the theatre . |
| 2 | Whereas THE NETHERLANDS should not pose too much of a problem , ROMANIA , given the chequered history of the relations between the two countries , could upset the Welsh plans . |
| 3 | The Art and Antiques squad had enjoyed a chequered history . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | London Road has enjoyed a chequered history . |
| 6 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 7 | ‘ Monpazier has a chequered history , torn between French and English , Catholic and Protestant . |
| 8 | Whether control of these facilities by the CPSU fulfilled this requirement is debatable , but before we jump to the conclusion that we could not have expected anything else from the Soviet system , consider the chequered history of the First Amendment to the United States constitution , which reads inter alia : ‘ congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech . ’ |
| 9 | But the block , like most of its kind , had had a chequered history . |
| 10 | The corporation has had a chequered history since then . |
| 11 | But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It has had a chequered history , including use as a powder magazine . |
| 14 | The state thus assumed responsibility for deaf education but , as we shall see , its advance had a chequered history . |
| 15 | Subsidies were resumed in 1961 and thereafter had a chequered history with changing problems in housing supply and differing political judgements ( Burnett , 1978 ) . |