Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] a [adj] history [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The North American Cordillera , which has a tectonic history of bewildering complexity , has not been examined in detail in this chapter but various aspects of its evolution are considered by Dickinson ( 1976 ) , Eaton ( 1987 ) and Smith and Eaton ( 1978 ) .
2 Songqiao ( 1988 ) describes that of the Hexi corridor which is situated between the Mongolian and Tibetan plateaux and which has a long history of cultivation based on irrigation .
3 Objectivity is itself an ideal which has a long history of identification with the masculine .
4 That city , which has a long history of communal grief in the memories of Irish immigrants and desperate experiences of unemployment , knew , intuitively , how to behave .
5 In this second talk I want to mention a view which has a long history in the Church , far longer than my previous subject .
6 The concept of social disorganization , for example , which has a long history in sociology , assumes its contrast to be with a ‘ community ’ , a harmoniously well-organized and integrated society .
7 Thirty-seven per cent of the national dairy herd is of the Swedish Friesian ( SLB ) , which has a long history in the country .
8 This was known as the ‘ butty system ’ , which has a long history in the area ( Griffin , 1977 , p. 26 ) .
9 The obstacles to preventive research are found in many countries , including Britain , which has a distinguished history in epidemiology , public health , and preventive medicine .
10 In Italy , outside Rome , the Arch of Trajan in Benevento ( A.D. 114 ) is a magnificent example which acts as a foundation for rich sculptural decoration which provides a pictorial history of Trajan 's life and policy .
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