Example sentences of "[vb -s] introduced a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If the hon. Gentleman goes to France — a country he seems to admire more than ours — he will find that it has introduced a price formula that is far less tough than ours on BT because it knows that its nationalised industry would find it difficult to match the performance of BT .
2 In the US , Oracle Corp has introduced a master application programming interface — middleware in its terminology — to connect software running on heterogeneous clients to disparate servers and databases .
3 The Council has introduced a Grant Scheme to encourage operators of commercial bus services in Lothian to improve the standard of accessibility of their vehicles .
4 Instead of introducing procedures which can be relied upon to identify and protect all those at risk of human rights violations in their own country , Government has introduced a range of measures which create obstacles in the path of those seeking asylum in the UK .
5 DSM Polymers and Hydrocarbons has introduced a range of Xantar polycarbonate grades , based on chlorine- and bromine-free additive systems .
6 Fuji has introduced a range of new courses in the Fuji Professional School of Photography , and has adapted the traditional courses to challenge the way photographers look at portraiture .
7 Maplin Electronics , one of Europe 's largest electronic component suppliers , has introduced a range of three tripods which all have fluid controlled tilt and pan dampers .
8 For unplanted Koi pools requiring a turnover of the entire volume once every two hours or so , Cyprio has introduced a range of pumps that can cope quite happily with solids of up to 10mm diameter .
9 Fuji has introduced a range of new courses in the Fuji Professional School of Photography , and has adapted the traditional courses to challenge the way photographers look at portraiture .
10 Maplin Electronics , one of Europe 's largest electronic component suppliers , has introduced a range of three tripods which all have fluid controlled tilt and pan dampers .
11 For those who enjoy making every meal a special occasion — whether it 's Saturday brunch or a dinner party for eight — and so are looking for something between their ‘ best ’ fine bone china service and oven-to-tableware , Wedgwood has introduced a range of ‘ casual ’ designs , on fine bone china , on Queen 's Ware and on their new fine china body .
12 The Employment Service has recently introduced guidance on standards of dress and the Benefits Agency has introduced a range of distinctive dress .
13 Johnson Matthey Holland has introduced a range of white frits based on new opacification technology , which are designed to give high gloss and whiteness with an exceptional level of surface perfection .
14 Mr Roberts said the company was pleased with the success of its £500,000 energy-saving initiative in Holyhead which has introduced a range of subsidised energy-efficiency measures to benefit domestic , commercial and industrial customers .
15 Yet further help is required and the club has introduced a life membership scheme , to complement the corporate and business schemes designed to raise much-needed funds .
16 Tandem Computers Inc has introduced a software tool kit that it claims extends transaction processing on its proprietary Guardian 90-based NonStop machines to desktop systems in client-server environments .
17 Progress Software Corp is to release a Digital Equipment Corp OSF/1 version of Progress for Alpha AXP systems next quarter , and the Bedford , Massachusetts company has introduced a gateway to the Sybase SQL Server , including support for Sybase stored procedures and database triggers ; it is out this month on Sequent Computer Systems Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc hardware , with Data General Corp AViiON , Hewlett-Packard Co HP 9000 and IBM Corp RS/6000 versions next quarter .
18 New US legislation , attempting to avert another such environmental catastrophe , has introduced a requirement for tankers operating in US waters to be double-skinned in future .
19 In the UK , Richmond , London-based NBA Computing Ltd has introduced a utility package for SCO Unix called RTG7 , a character-based interface with menus , help screens , a dynamic tree view , which allows users familiar with MS-DOS — but unfamiliar with Unix — to perform all kinds of file management operations and to launch applications : prices start at £250 .
20 Unisys Corp has introduced a clustering system for its 2200 series mainframes that it describes as a highly parallel processing technology yielding significantly higher levels of system performance for mainframe servers .
21 Disaster recovery is suddenly big business , with even users of machines as small as the IBM Corp RS/6000 wanting the security of a share of a back-up system , and Wang Laboratories Inc has introduced a RISC Series Mobile Recovery Service on-site disaster recovery option in the US .
22 Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system .
23 THE Academy of Wine Service has introduced a course designed to update senior managers , sommeliers and waiters on recent developments , innovations and service skills in wine .
24 It has introduced a scheme whereby householders who have Celuform materials fitted by a Company-approved installer are protected by an insurance-backed guarantee on labour and materials .
25 Helen Pearson , lecturer in medical education at the University of Leicester , has introduced a scheme whereby SIFT money ( service increment for teaching ; the additional resources provided by the NHS to help offset the extra costs of providing health care in a teaching hospital ) is allocated to hospital departments in proportion to the amount of actual teaching that students receive .
26 BRITISH Rail has introduced a £20m package of improvements to North-East services aimed at attracting more travellers on to local trains .
27 Republican Senator Frank Murkowski has introduced a bill to open up a huge Alaskan wildlife reserve to oil exploration .
28 Labour MP Martin Redmond has introduced a bill into parliament which seeks to protect public access to forest land after it has been sold off .
29 Conservative MP Peter Ainsworth has introduced a bill which would make it compulsory for farmers to notify the planning authority of any plans to destroy hedgerows .
30 BGS Systems Inc , Waltham , Massachusetts , announces it has introduced a visualiser for its Best/1 capacity management software line .
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