Example sentences of "became [adj] [prep] [art] first [adj] " in BNC.

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1 From there , he became involved with the first commercial bungee jumping company , and brought the idea back home .
2 Born in what was now Inner Mongolia , Ulanhu became one of the first Mongol members of the CCP when he joined in 1925 .
3 George Lansbury himself became one of the first reforming Poor Law Guardians in East London in the 1890s , and the social legislation of the Liberals , including the state Old Age Pension introduced in 1908 , was a direct response to the rising political influence of the labour movement .
4 He thus became one of the first modern land surveyors .
5 Her parents have done well ; her father became one of the first Afro-Caribbean councillors in inner London .
6 He became one of the first Conceptual artists and among the first to draw his imagery from television , movies , newspapers and advertising .
7 In joining John Dickinson at Croxley Mills in 1931 , Grant became one of the first qualified scientists to be employed by the paper industry and his contributions and experience proved invaluable to him throughout his subsequent career .
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