Example sentences of "had a [adj] history [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Candy , who had a long history of violence , reported that , while he was in Reading on 22 June , an Italian named Mike , whom he knew slightly , approached him and suggested that they rob a shopkeeper in the town . |
| 2 | The male Moodies had a long history of accidental death . |
| 3 | John had a long history of academic failure . |
| 4 | He had a long history of truancy . |
| 5 | Bulgaria also had a long history of Byzantine building of churches and monasteries but remains of original work are not numerous or of high quality . |
| 6 | Many mothers with parenting difficulties had a long history of emotional problems themselves , and seemed generally lacking in sensitivity to their children 's anxieties and needs rather than deficient in specific child management techniques . |
| 7 | But 41 year old Gould had a long history of crime . |
| 8 | In both cases the men concerned had a long history of previous convictions , with the killer already in jail following the deaths of two other boys . |
| 9 | The tradition of writing ‘ effusions ’ in blank verse had a long history in the eighteenth century , culminating in The Task by William Cowper . |
| 10 | On the contrary , the idea of the Kingdom had a long history in the life of Israel , and the coming of Christ coincided with a feverish wave of expectancy within the nation . |
| 11 | Subsidies were resumed in 1961 and thereafter had a chequered history with changing problems in housing supply and differing political judgements ( Burnett , 1978 ) . |
| 12 | The 1977–81 material is thought to be essentially complete , except for the exclusion of 12% who had a previous history of malignancy or had undergone gastric surgery or who were given the drug for another diagnosis than a peptic ulcer related disease . |
| 13 | ‘ F ’ had a previous history of depression , drug use , and self-harm in prison . |
| 14 | Of those who smoked or drank , patients with CLO had a smoking history of a median 15 pack years ( range 2–60 pack years ) , which was less than both the severe oesophagitis ( median 45.5 , range 5–150 pack years ) ( p<0.01 ) , and adenocarcinoma groups ( median 55.25 , range 4–200 pack years ) ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 15 | Of those who smoked , patients with CLO had a smoking history of 15 median pack years ( range 2–60 pack years ) which was less than both the severe oesophagitis ( median 45.5 , range 5–150 pack years ; p<0.001 ) and adenocarcinoma groups ( median 55.25 , range 4–200 pack years ) ( p<0.001 ) ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 16 | Eight patients had a past history of recurrent peptic ulcers or gastritis . |
| 17 | Eight patients had a past history of recurrent gastric ulcer ( n=5 ) , endoscopic gastritis ( n=3 ) , or gastrointestinal bleeding ( n=4 ) from 2 to 10 years before diagnosis . |
| 18 | Two patients had a past history of small cell lung lymphoma treated surgically ( n=1 ) or with chemotherapy ( n=1 ) . |
| 19 | All the patients had complained of chronic epigastric pain for years before diagnosis and eight had a past history of recurrent gastric ulcer , gastrointestinal bleeding , or gastritis . |
| 20 | She had a past history of Crohn 's disease which was quiescent and she was taking oral contraceptives . |
| 21 | None of the patients had a clinical history of COPD . |