Example sentences of "[noun] have [vb pp] [art] [adj] history " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered . |
| 2 | But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | London Road has enjoyed a chequered history . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As always , Lucien 's dreams had invented a happier history for him . |
| 9 | The corporation has had a chequered history since then . |
| 10 | The linear pattern of development was an indication that God had programmed the whole history of life to move in a purposeful direction towards higher levels of intelligence . |
| 11 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others . |
| 14 | In his influential Le Même et l'autre Vincent Descombes has described the entire history of twentieth-century philosophy in France as a succession of moves which attempt to get out of this Hegelian dialectic : the recent phenomenon of poststructuralism is part of a long philosophical story and distinguished only by what appears to be a certain success , or at least an avoidance of failure to the extent that it has at least managed to keep the game with Hegel in play . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In one of his later articles , Professor Newell has commented : " Of these great changes ( in the physical environment ) no single set of factors has influenced the later history of life more than the continuous modifications of topographic relief and distribution of continents and ocean basins and the attendant climatic changes " . |
| 17 | That stone has had a curious history . |
| 18 | The Art and Antiques squad had enjoyed a chequered history . |
| 19 | This century alone , Berlin has had an extraordinary history — a natural , social , cultural and political centre , because of its location at the crossroads of east and west Europe . |