Example sentences of "he [was/were] a pioneer " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a pioneer photographer , inventing and selling the first popular exposure meter , and his natural empathy with the countryside is reflected in his photographs . |
| 2 | He was a pioneer at one time , but he 's not really pushing for anything right now — just kind of playing the blues . |
| 3 | Walker is more than just one of the all-time great middle distance runners , he was a pioneer , a barrier breaker who set new standards of performance and of attitude towards the art of miling . |
| 4 | He was a pioneer in the Catholic Church after the Second World War , before permission was granted to televise the mass . |
| 5 | His early work was inspired by English fifteenth-century glass , and he was a pioneer in his appreciation of late medieval styles . |
| 6 | He was a pioneer in establishing circulating libraries in country districts ; earlier , they had been confined to major towns and watering-places . |
| 7 | He was a pioneer in the introduction of train electric lighting , applied to a Pullman car only two years after the invention of the incandescent lamp by Thomas Edison in 1879 . |
| 8 | He was a pioneer of guideless Alpine ascents , which included the Eiger . |
| 9 | It is to be expected that nature will surprise us ; what was significant about Forbes ' work was that he was a pioneer in studying the distribution of marine organisms , finding analogies between going deeper into the sea and going higher on land . |
| 10 | He was a pioneer in his legal and historical work and is remembered today by historians and students of legal history . |