Example sentences of "have a chequered [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latter has a chequered history and has been altered several times within its life in Poland . |
| 2 | ‘ Monpazier has a chequered history , torn between French and English , Catholic and Protestant . |
| 3 | But the block , like most of its kind , had had a chequered history . |
| 4 | The corporation has had a chequered history since then . |
| 5 | But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It has had a chequered history , including use as a powder magazine . |
| 8 | The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making . |
| 9 | The 0-4-4T loco has had a chequered restoration history since arriving back from a stay in the United States of more than 20 years . |
| 10 | Some workers turned to Palestinian unions , although these had had a chequered career . |
| 11 | Durnin , who 's twenty seven , has had a chequered career at the Manor and was sent off twice last season . |
| 12 | The state thus assumed responsibility for deaf education but , as we shall see , its advance had a chequered history . |
| 13 | Subsidies were resumed in 1961 and thereafter had a chequered history with changing problems in housing supply and differing political judgements ( Burnett , 1978 ) . |
| 14 | She had a chequered past , and like the star player in a Jackie Collins ' novels , began an affair with the poet Percy Shelley when she was just 15 . |
| 15 | End-grain wooden boards , which have a chequered look , are the toughest and allow less knife penetration . |