Example sentences of "[adj] [noun prp] become the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 6 Hungary became the first east European country to join the Council of Europe . |
| 2 | On May 25 Roh became the first South Korean leader ever to address the Diet , the Japanese legislature . |
| 3 | On Jan. 16 Hungary became the first country to establish bilateral diplomatic relations with the former Soviet republic of Moldova . |
| 4 | In 1926 China became the first country in the Far East to permit kissing to be shown on its cinema screens . |
| 5 | In 1982 Barclays became the first bank to re-open its doors on Saturday mornings , and the other high street banks soon followed suit . |
| 6 | In March 1989 Hungary became the first East European state to accede to the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ( under which states agreed not to expel refugees or return them to their homeland if they would face persecution there ) . |