Example sentences of "[was/were] introduced to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then we were introduced to Dr William Howlett Kelleher who was to be our new Superintendent . |
| 2 | We were introduced to Dr Adams of the London School of Economics who was to supervise our course . |
| 3 | Also through him many others from Europe and countries further East were introduced to gardeners on the other side of the Atlantic . |
| 4 | I look forward to tackling the Party membership system , I wanted to make some of the sound admin system and modern communication methods which allow this Union to send each new member a new membership card , were introduced to Walworth Road . |
| 5 | Lathes were introduced to China perhaps as early as the Ming dynasty and were still being used in the jade workshops of Peking when Howard Hansford came to study them in 1938–9 . |
| 6 | Thus , when the aesthetic ideas of Collingwood ( 1938 ) , which emphasized the ‘ artistic ’ , intellectual activity of the artists ' mind rather than manual , ‘ craft ’ activities , were introduced to education through the writings of Herbert Read ( 1943 ) a teaching strategy was already in place to exploit a progressive , child-centred philosophy . |
| 7 | The scabious Corydalia lutea and Mirabilib jalapa were introduced to Britain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries . |
| 8 | At the very successful Potential Teachers ' Day in July , 29 students were introduced to Medau at training level and were given background information about the syllabus and course structure . |
| 9 | READERS of this column last week were introduced to Mr Shaun Woodward , the former television producer who , since he is the Conservatives ' ’ Director of Communications ’ , and therefore the senior Conservative spin doctor , was referred to here as Dr Woodward . |
| 10 | We said good-bye to Stoyaeka and were at the warehouse at 07:30 where we were introduced to Josef who would co-ordinate the unloading of the trailer . |
| 11 | Shortly afterwards , this brisk , tubby figure entered and we were introduced to Raymond Truffer , retired Under-officer of the Cherbourg Fire Service . |
| 12 | NEW strategies for marketing the Group 's key brands were introduced to employees at a series of meetings on 5 and 6 May . |
| 13 | Approximately 65 per cent of the interviewees were introduced to heroin by a close friend or workmate ; 20 per cent , mostly women , by their partner ; 10 per cent by their regular dealer of other drugs ; and 5 per cent by a member of the family . |
| 14 | On the one hand , while two-thirds of the females were introduced to heroin by their male partner , that is , husband or boyfriend , none of the males were introduced to it by their female partner . |
| 15 | The majority were introduced to injection by a casual acquaintance . |
| 16 | It began when the couple were introduced to war veteran Sam Mercer , 63 , of Streatham , South London . |
| 17 | Sinclair Hood ( 1971 , p. 45 ; 1978 , p. 41 ) sees at this time many signs of mainland influence ; new forms were introduced to Crete from the Greek mainland , including stemmed goblets decorated in the Ephyrean style . |
| 18 | Here Amy was introduced to Dudley 's steward , household manager and personal friend , Anthony Foster . |
| 19 | In his childhood he was introduced to Daniel O'Connell [ q.v. ] ; in 1921 Eamon de Valera [ q.v. ] expressed gratitude for his ‘ ripe counsel … in any hour of need ’ . |
| 20 | We do , however , know that tea was valued and enjoyed in China and Japan for many centuries , long before it was introduced to India , Ceylon and Africa . |
| 21 | She was introduced to Medau by Jean Parmiter , with whom she worked in the City . |
| 22 | Vivien Rendall was introduced to Medau in 1966 when she joined Wynne Norris 's class in Upton Chester ; on moving south she was able to attend classes in St Albans and Hemel Hempstead , and since 1984 , Gerrards Cross . |
| 23 | JOSEPHINE WILLIAMS was introduced to Medau in 1962 by Jean Parmiter and began training in 1963 ; qualifying and commencing teaching in 1966 . |
| 24 | Frances Millary was introduced to Medau by Marjorie Worgan in Sussex about 20 years ago . |
| 25 | She has always been interested , and taken part , in physical exercise , and was introduced to Medau through Joan Daniels ' first class in 1966 ; June enjoyed it so much she went on to train and qualified as a Medau teacher in 1974 . |
| 26 | In Hanover , Sewell was introduced to Professor Havemann , whose plans to visit England in 1777 and in 1796 unfortunately came to nothing ( the missing link , possibly , in a chain that might have set the Hanover veterinary school , founded in 1788 , rather than Lyons or Alfort as an immediate model for the London Veterinary College ) . |
| 27 | I was introduced to Butch Baird from America by a player called Howard King . |
| 28 | In seventy one when I first came to Westminster , I was introduced to pairing . |
| 29 | Another valued partnership , with support for the Under-15 Festival , is with Bunbury Enterprises run by David English , who was introduced to ESCA by The Cricketer in 1987 . |
| 30 | She was introduced to Harry last summer by her younger sister , Michelle , and married him after a whirlwind romance . |