Example sentences of "became the first [adj] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mr Bush lost and Mr Clinton became the first Democratic president for more than a decade , the much-valued special relationship between Britain and America suddenly looked decidedly shaky . |
| 2 | September 1991 : HCIMA Greece became the first European Chapter to be inaugurated , by Director at a gathering in Athens , attended by 120 senior members of Greece 's hotel and catering and tourism industries . |
| 3 | But in the new spate of glasnost , or openness , one of I T N's Moscow reporters , Bill Meely became the first European journalist to be shown inside the Lubyanka , the K G B's headquarters . |
| 4 | Ismail Mahomed became the first black judge in the country 's history when he took his seat in the Supreme Court on Aug. 12 . |
| 5 | Democrat Carol Moseley from Illinios became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate . |
| 6 | On 18 January 1948 , car 10 became the first modern car in regular service on the Marton route , fitted with upholstered seats and fluorescent lighting . |
| 7 | In the Holy City of Mashad , Mrs Ghodssieh Alavi , a 50-year-old doctor associated with the ‘ pragmatist ’ faction supporting Mr Rafsanjani , took the highest number of votes and became the first Iranian woman to be elected outside Teheran . |
| 8 | On May 3 Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu became the first Japanese head of government to issue an unambiguous apology to countries of south-east Asia for Japan 's actions during the Pacific War . |
| 9 | In 1902 he was transferred to Dehra Dun , and in 1905 became the first imperial mycologist at the new agricultural research station at Pusa . |
| 10 | So in 1901 he decided to emigrate with his wife and two children to Australia , where he became the first full-time missioner of the Adult Deaf Society of Victoria , which celebrated its centenary in 1984 . |
| 11 | President Chaim Herzog became the first Israeli head of state to visit Czechoslovakia on Oct. 13-20 . |
| 12 | In 1247 Laurence del Brok became the first professional lawyer to be retained by the king . |
| 13 | When Victor Paige became the first general manager of the health service he found himself in a very different job from any that he or anyone else had occupied before . |
| 14 | United States Secretary of State James Baker paid a visit ( curtailed by Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait which began the Gulf crisis ) to Mongolia in August 1990 [ see p. 37656 ] , and in January 1991 Ochirbat became the first Mongolian head of state to visit the USA [ see p. 37960 ] . |
| 15 | In the wake of the Russian revolution , which she supported passionately , it became the first Communist party in Great Britain . |
| 16 | Lieutenant General Augustus Pitt-Rivers became the first official guardian of Britain 's heritage |
| 17 | In 1854 he became the first official photographer to the British Museum , and received several commissions to photograph for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |
| 18 | The Midland Railway Centre are not averse to diesel traction and 10 years ago in 1982 when the railway was first re-opened former Totton favourite Class 4 ‘ Peak ’ Great Gable owned by the Peak Loco Society became the first preserved diesel to be acquired . |
| 19 | In 1959 Macmillan became the first Western head of state to visit Moscow in time of peace , sporting a white fur hat ( a psychological mistake , since white was only worn by Finns ) . |
| 20 | He was one of the first proponents of detente towards eastern Europe and became the first Western head of government to receive Arab leaders such as Yassir Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Col. Kadhafi of Libya . |
| 21 | The OncoMouse , developed at Harvard University by Philip Leder and Timothy Stewart and marketed by pharmaceutical giant Du Pont , became the first patented animal in 1988 . |
| 22 | Lyle , who became the first British winner of the title in 1988 , has been concerned throughout 30-year-old Jolande 's pregancy . |
| 23 | Helen Sharman , 27 , became the first British cosmonaut on May 18 . |
| 24 | On 26 November , 1991 , New York became the first American city to hand out condoms . |
| 25 | Other countries soon welcomed the breed , including several in South America and southern Africa , and it later became the first foreign breed to be imported by Japan . |
| 26 | He became the first Portuguese emigrant to be allowed a licence to open a liquor store there . |
| 27 | The former became the first Serbian archbishop of the autocephalous Church established at Žiča in 1219 , and later moved to Peć . |
| 28 | Microport Inc , Scotts Valley , California , which recently became the first non-hardware licensee of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's unannounced System V.4.2 ES/MP , has started shipping an ANSI C Compiler for Intel Corp 's Pentium processor from Unix System Laboratories Inc . |
| 29 | Microport Inc , Scotts Valley , California , which recently became the first non-hardware licensee of Unix System Lab 's unannounced SVR4.2 ES/MP , has started shipping an ANSI C Compiler for Intel Corp 's Pentium processor from Unix System Labs . |
| 30 | In 1961 Pillai became the first Indian chairman of GKW ( the Indian subsidiary of GKN ) . |