Example sentences of "[vb pp] [art] history " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had been taught the history of the organisation , and each day were learning more about its curious codes of morality and behaviour . |
| 2 | But US support for Adoc was a mixed blessing , given the history of US intervention in Panama and the passionate determination of Panamanians to achieve soberania total — complete sovereignty — over the Panama Canal by 2000 , as agreed with the US in 1977 . |
| 3 | Given the history of borrowing by the Brazilian and Argentine governments , this may be no bad thing . |
| 4 | Given the history of socialist economies , it is doubtful whether even a far more radical and complete transformation of the relations of production would , of itself , have removed this basis for class differentiation , and for this reason Morris remains a problematic model for contemporary socialism . |
| 5 | However , given the history of the relationship between the Inns and the judges which we have recited in this judgment we can see nothing conceptually difficult about the judges , as visitors , telling the Inns that they now perceived that their particular disciplinary procedures were unfair and needed rectification , even though they had concurred , in principle , in the creation of those procedures . |
| 6 | Given the history of Treasury control over financial matters , it will require a substantial cultural shift if agencies are to have the financial freedom which is crucial to the success of the project . |
| 7 | Given the history of European developments in the past 20 years , those people will also want to know why we did not learn from Britain 's earlier mistake . |
| 8 | Furthermore Mr himself has said to me on more than one occasion that given the history of the situation it 's unlikely that we would get anybody of sane mind to take over the running of the two centres . |
| 9 | Winfield has traced the history of the earlier forms of action available as remedies for damage caused by the spread of fire . |
| 10 | Laws and Dennison ( 1990 ) have traced the history of change in this connection between 1965 and 1982 . |
| 11 | She was not alone , of course , in making the unwarranted assumption that an unruly Scots noble was in some way a fundamentally different and far more dangerous animal than an unruly French , or English , one ; generations of historians , up to modern times , have seriously distorted the history of Scotland by taking exactly that view . |
| 12 | All four , together with Althusser 's pupil , Michel Foucault , worked within an epistemological tradition which was critical of the positivism which , up to that time , had dominated the history of the sciences . |
| 13 | Two epochal events have dominated the history of modern Japan . |
| 14 | Designed by the eminent architect C. J. Phipps , the Royal has enjoyed a history of live theatre since 1884 . |
| 15 | Ealing LEA 's syllabus , which has been challenged by one parent for failing to give sufficient attention to Christianity , apparently states that , ‘ whilst our children need to understand that Christianity is a living faith which has shaped the history , institutions , art and culture of Britain , they also need to explore the other living faiths in our borough so that the richness of our religious experience can be shared and appreciated ’ . |
| 16 | Mr Mitterrand praised the people of Leipzig for ‘ having written the history of Europe and Germany in the last few weeks ’ . |
| 17 | An industrial relations expert , who has written a history of cotton unions , has remarked that whereas general historians of the labour movement report only sporadic trade unionism in that industry in the eigh-teenth century , historians of the district or of the industry tend to assume a continuous collective labour presence . |
| 18 | Acton and Shepherd 's Bush , he said , were a long way from Islington but it had not needed the history and memory of Risinghill and William Tyndale to make headteachers alert to the damaging way in which matters of discipline , race , criminality and parental disquiet could be brought together into presentations of hot and not always accurate news . |
| 19 | Very early on I realised you 're entrusted the history and spirit of the Squadron . |
| 20 | One such resided in the existence of a story-teller : an individual in whom were preserved the history of the village , the life of the community and the lore and legends of the surrounding land and sea . |
| 21 | ‘ It is my hope and conviction that as we journey closer to him we shall find ourselves travelling with others and imperceptibly growing together into his beauty and likeness , and away from the ugliness and bitterness which has dogged the history of our Communions . |
| 22 | While most political prisoners have been involved iii trade union or political work , there are also cases of people who have boon picked up on suspicion and who have had no history of participation in any organization . |
| 23 | You 've got a history . |
| 24 | Er that that I really said it it 's got a history on to an ending with the bit I 've referred to . |
| 25 | Buttonhook has had a history of epics — possibly 5b ? |
| 26 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 27 | ‘ I explained that I was 31 , I 'd had a history of infertility , and that this was my second pregnancy and I really wanted a child . |
| 28 | Scolt Head Island , the most fully developed offshore bar on the Norfolk coast , has had a history comparable with the above idealised conditions . |
| 29 | Party Politics , who stands at 18 hands , has had a history of wind problems and before and after last year 's National he had two operations to improve his breathing . |
| 30 | Erm I asked and she said that his dad sent him off to get it X-rayed and she goes , But he 's had a history with his toe poor blighter . |