Example sentences of "became the first [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | President Chaim Herzog became the first Israeli head of state to visit Czechoslovakia on Oct. 13-20 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | Lieutenant General Augustus Pitt-Rivers became the first official guardian of Britain 's heritage |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Lyle , who became the first British winner of the title in 1988 , has been concerned throughout 30-year-old Jolande 's pregancy . |
| 10 | The former became the first Serbian archbishop of the autocephalous Church established at Žiča in 1219 , and later moved to Peć . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In 1961 Pillai became the first Indian chairman of GKW ( the Indian subsidiary of GKN ) . |
| 14 | In 1888 he bought Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds for £10,000 and presented it as a civic monument , and he gave £5,000 to Leeds Infirmary , as well as other sums for charitable purposes — deeds for which , in 1889 , he became the first honorary freeman of Leeds . |
| 15 | At the same time he also became the first known clerk of Parliament and thus was responsible for beginning the compilation of the rolls of Parliament . |
| 16 | Stephen Dundas recently became the first Scottish winner of The Amateur Championship for 36 years . |