Example sentences of "[was/were] introduced to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historically , poor countries were introduced to international trade by rich ones like ours , because they were introduced as colonies . |
| 2 | However , if the patient were introduced to other patients who were monitoring their own blood glucose levels . |
| 3 | Higher education was available at the University of Hanoi where some Vietnamese students were introduced to revolutionary nationalism/national communism : although many more were able to ingest ideology and political doctrines in France itself . |
| 4 | ‘ We would wish to ensure that the appropriate staff , professional and non-professional , were introduced to relevant skills , initially by utilising external courses , but ultimately by developing internal and/or cooperative programmes ’ . |
| 5 | The Hardys left Swanage early in 1876 but visited it again in 1892 , when they attended a meeting of the Dorset Field Club and ‘ were introduced to old Mr B(urt) , ‘ the King of Swanage ’ ’ . |
| 6 | In the instances reported in this chapter , the high-performance strategy was introduced to existing plants which retained , at least in part , traditional methods of working and managing in some areas , and are thus qualitatively different from new design plants , in Lawler 's terminology . |
| 7 | Through his friendship Soutine was introduced to other young artists and saw them work in their studios and Modigliani guided him round the Louvre , pointing out the Italian painters he admired , the primitives and Giotto , Botticelli and Tintoretto . |
| 8 | Later , however he was introduced to new areas of work . |
| 9 | J. deFeo , the influential West Coast painter who died six years ago , was introduced to New Yorkers in one of Dorothy Miller 's legendary ‘ Americans ’ shows at the Museum of Modern Art over thirty years ago . |
| 10 | The figures point to large holes in the Immigration Reform and Control Act ( IRCA ) of 1986 , which was introduced to staunch the flow . |
| 11 | In 1974 VHF radio was introduced to one-man trams and buses , so that crews could be in touch with the controller and he could contact the line inspectors . |
| 12 | Since the Citizen 's Charter was introduced to British Rail , compensation paid for late or cancelled trains has fallen by over 50% . |
| 13 | She assisted at French cave excavations , including La Quina in Charente , where she was introduced to Neanderthal man and his Mousterian culture , thereafter to be a central interest . |
| 14 | Tavernier , born in Paris and schooled in Lyon , was introduced to literary interests early in his school life . |
| 15 | Born in Geneva in 1857 , he was introduced to linguistic studies at an early age by a philologist , Adolphe Pictet . |