Example sentences of "have a [adv] [adj] history " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the contrary , he has a pretty steady history and has survived the investigative onslaught pretty well … |
| 2 | The relation of this excess to the present study has a rather complicated history — with the excess near Sellafield , it originally suggested the population mixing hypothesis , but what was then in mind was the mixing connected with the nuclear industry ; an analogy with a new town was drawn . |
| 3 | Malbis Castle has a very rich history . |
| 4 | Erm , I mean I think if we 're wishing to analyse the application , I I think we must consider what it does n't do for the village , and I think there are a number of aspects that have to be considered , erm , first of all as a village , and I 've heard in this very Parish Council that the reputed view made that there is a need for small village accommodation , this development certainly does not provide that , we 've also expressed a view that it would be nice to retain the existing bungalow , because that is small village accommodation , and although it only has a very limited history , again it would be nice to retain it as an integral part of the village . |
| 5 | Direct perception by psychics of energy manifestations in the landscape has a very long history . |
| 6 | Corporatism in various forms has a very long history : for example , professional groups such as doctors and lawyers have regulated themselves for centuries ; indeed , voluntary self-regulation is a defining characteristic of a profession and has long been used as a way of avoiding government control . |
| 7 | The Market Place has a very interesting history . |
| 8 | The case has a somewhat unusual history , for this is the second hearing in this court concerning this case . |
| 9 | Although the surviving school building as of much later date , it has a fairly complicated history . |
| 10 | Man has a biologically unique history defined by an extreme development of complexity in his cognitive functions , perceiving remembering , analysing , states of awareness , and communicating . |
| 11 | The finance of primary care has had a very different history ( Eckstein , 1964 ; Gilbert , 1966 ; Stevens , 1966 ; Honnigsbaum , 1979 ) . |
| 12 | Recognition that cultural pressures on women to diet contribute to anorexia nervosa has had a fairly recent history . |
| 13 | Since that time it has had a somewhat chequered history , at certain times being in favour and at others being disapproved of most heartily . |
| 14 | It is unlikely that any of the Sussex woodlands remain in a natural state , although some areas may have a continuously wooded history . |
| 15 | Manchester Citizens Corporation ( MCC ) had a rather different history to other groups in the North Side . |
| 16 | On this picture , the cloud of material from which our Solar System formed had a very unusual history , taking as long as 4.6 thousand million years to travel from one spiral arm to the next and then taking several hundred million years to pass through the compressed region of the Galaxy , the arm itself . |
| 17 | The village of Lyonshall in Herefordshire near the Welsh borders was provided with a station by the Great Western Railway ; this station had a somewhat chequered history and a rather inconsistent patronage . |
| 18 | Specialised buildings for the education of children have a relatively short history in Britain . |