Example sentences of "have a [adj] history [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as the Biesbosch on the Rhine delta was a centre for the Dutch underground opposition to Hitler , so the English wetlands have a long history as centres of resistance . |
| 2 | The remote rural areas have a long history of continuing depopulation : there are problems of farm structure and current argument about land use in general raises important issues of concern for the future . |
| 3 | WUS and educational assistance to South Africa WUS International and WUS(UK) have a long history of supporting the efforts of the black majority of South Africans to overcome the educational discrimination which is an integral part of apartheid . |
| 4 | The Andes also have a long history of human occupation which has transformed the landscape . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , the latter insult is somewhat inaccurate : animators have a long history of injecting a little ‘ adult ’ spice into what is essentially a children 's medium . |
| 6 | ‘ The British have a long history of being inventive and in this current climate we are being inundated with new ideas , ’ says Richard Paine , marketing director of Inventalink , one of Britain 's biggest agencies which sells the ideas to commercial companies . |
| 7 | THE various parish schools of St Mary 's Cleator , have a long history of promises , delays , cancellations , fresh starts and demolitions . |
| 8 | In Britain the divisions between the public health , general practice and hospital sectors have a long history of often quite bitter dispute . |
| 9 | The wooded area is nice enough but the schools have a long history of desegregation problems , and are now 88% black and 10% Hispanic . |
| 10 | The Orkneys and Shetland also have a long history of independence in local government terms and pride themselves on their Scandinavian roots and their distinctiveness from Scotland . |
| 11 | Although most nomadic tribes have a long history of weaving rugs specifically for trade , a number of items coming onto the western market may well have been made originally for personal use . |
| 12 | The marjorams all have a long history of use since classical times , and were more popular in the Middle Ages in Britain than thyme . |
| 13 | Families of people with a learning disability might welcome a less intense form of case management than that offered to single male schizophrenia sufferers who have a long history of compulsory admission to hospital . |
| 14 | In the secondary sector they have a long history of influence as local employers . |
| 15 | Other such opportunities might occur with people with recurring illness , or with couples considering divorce who have a long history of marital strife . |
| 16 | They have a long history of use in planning practice , there is a wide measure of consensus about their use in control and , where covered by policy , it tends to be as broad , flexible statements in structure or local plans , amplified in detail in supplementary planning guidance . |
| 17 | I do n't know it may be that I 'll be the only member er that talks in terms of a specific Euro seat er in any detail but it does matter in our area and we have a long history of arguing that case . |
| 18 | ‘ Edinvar has been serving tenants for 20 years and Link has been a landlord for nearly 30 years , so we both have a long history of putting tenants first . ’ |
| 19 | Elves and Dwarves have a long history of hate yet Legolas and Gimli become friends because they travel in Frodo 's company together . |
| 20 | We have a proud history of innovation . |
| 21 | Always the police prefer to exhibit bodily constraint in their styles , for restraint and decorum have a symbolic history as an indication of subcultural insider purity , a comfort with a vanishing status quo , and a rejection of the changing outside world . |
| 22 | The protected class must also admit to its membership those who are not presently disabled but who have a previous history of disability , or who are wrongly perceived as being disabled . |
| 23 | The people of the Scottish island of Lewis , for example , have a shared history of adversity and isolation , a highly egalitarian society and a homogeneous culture which has made cooperation possible . |