Example sentences of "was [adj] introduce [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , the subject was first introduced under the older and more inclusive names ‘ anthropology ’ and ‘ ethnology ’ at Oxford in 1884 and at Cambridge in 1900 . |
| 2 | When the potato was first introduced into the British diet it was regarded as being an aphrodisiac . |
| 3 | These works are often engaged in relocating and reinterpreting Mannheim 's work on the sociology of knowledge after the assault it received from functionalist sociology and philosophy when it was first introduced into the English-speaking academic community . |
| 4 | This is , perhaps , the way that the concept of putting rugs on the floor was first introduced into the West ; until then , floor coverings had consisted of animal skins , rush matting and , more commonly , loose straw which was frequently changed . |
| 5 | That 's where I was first introduced to the Russian system of having a ‘ guide ’ who would take care of you . |
| 6 | Born at Balcarce , near Buenos Aires , in 1911 he was first introduced to the sport as a 17-year-old when he travelled as an accompanying mechanic in the long-distance races in his home country . |
| 7 | The image I had of whole group drama when I was first introduced to the idea was of a large crowd scene in which everybody was acting as a group . |
| 8 | When the grey squirrel was first introduced from the United States a century ago , it was viewed as a welcome newcomer . |
| 9 | The Community Programme also met with some suspicion when it was first introduced by the MSC in the early 1980s but it proved to be a boon for many bureaux to expand their services and broaden their workforce . |
| 10 | Such a cause of action was first introduced by the 1846 Act . |
| 11 | This feature was first introduced in the eighteenth century to let owls into the barn to catch vermin . |
| 12 | The ceiling was first introduced in the 1989 Budget , at the then figure of £60,000 , which as the Chancellor explained would be linked annually to the retail prices index . |
| 13 | Since it was first introduced in the late 1960s , it has been resisted or treated with indifference by all ranks . |