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

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1 Smith ( 1960 ) has shown how images of the Pacific islanders were manipulated in these two directions , and Mitter ( 1977 ) has traced the varied history or European interpretations of Hindu sacred statuary , from viewing them initially as images of the devil , to finally incorporating them as works of art .
2 London Road has enjoyed a chequered history .
3 He was born in the village and has written a short history of Scorton .
4 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 .
5 Afghanistan has had a long history of neutrality and non-alignment which Soviet leaders have assiduously fostered .
6 This question too has had a long history though it is only quite recently that it has become a precisely defined issue of zoological theory .
7 The corporation has had a chequered history since then .
8 But in recent years Microvitec has had a chequered history .
9 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 .
10 It has had a chequered history , including use as a powder magazine .
11 That stone has had a curious history .
12 Originally a Celtic settlement and later a Roman one , it has had a stormy history .
13 The professors went on : ‘ We are speaking not as members of this or that nation , continent or creed but as human beings , members of the species Man whose continued existence is in doubt … a biological species which has had a remarkable history and whose disappearance none of us can desire . ’
14 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 .
15 It is an old and rather like able town which , standing where it does , so near to the edge of France and commanding the coast road into Spain , has had an agitated history with numerous episodes of war .
16 This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 Having examined the parliamentary history of sections 61 and 63 of the Finance Act 1976 , it was held that the parliamentary intention was that in-house benefits should be assessed for income tax on the basis of marginal costs to the employer and not as a proportion of the total costs incurred in providing the service both for the public and the employee ; that this effect applied to the education of the children of teachers who were employees ; and that section 63 of the 1976 Act should be construed accordingly .
20 But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history .
21 This week 's extension of the suspension has lead to a further letter to unit trust holders.But it gives no indication that the pricing problems may have had a long history .
22 The Art and Antiques squad had enjoyed a chequered history .
23 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 .
24 Whenever I had been in London I had visited the Natural History Museum and Rowland Ward 's taxidermist shop in Piccadilly , where there was always a fascinating collection of heads , skins and mounted specimens .
25 But the block , like most of its kind , had had a chequered history .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 However , despite their enormous popularity , personality tests , on their own , have had a disappointing history in predicting behaviour at work .
29 I have had a long history of muscular trouble , of a weak back .
30 This union has got a long history of , this union 's got a long history of amalgamations , some conducted more successfully than others .
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