Example sentences of "[vb past] become the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that race Mafe , with 20.96 seconds , had become the first Briton to run under 21 seconds indoors . |
| 2 | It was February 3 : on Feb 4 , two years before , Richard Hadlee had become the first to reach this once-unthinkable total . |
| 3 | In contesting the run-off , Young had become the first black candidate to progress beyond the primary stage of the electoral process for any state-wide office within the state of Georgia . |
| 4 | Norway had become the first NATO member to establish diplomatic relations with Russia , following moves by Bulgaria and Hungary . |
| 5 | In the week before the visit , Keating had become the first Prime Minister to suggest that Australia drop the Union Flag device from its own , further fuelling public debate between republicans and monarchists about Australia 's status . |
| 6 | On March 31 it was announced that the Katowice Commercial and Credit Bank had become the first Polish bank to go bankrupt . |
| 7 | Estonia ( not a CIS member ) had become the first ex-Soviet republic to replace the rouble by its own currency [ see p. 38971 ] . |
| 8 | In the mayoral elections in Rio de Janeiro , César Maia of the PMDB defeated Benedia da Silva of the PT , who in 1987 had become the first black woman member of the Congress . |
| 9 | ‘ Rassilon had become the first President of the Time Lords of Gallifrey . |
| 10 | They had become the first team ever to escape relegation from the top division not having won an away game . |
| 11 | Iraq eventually announced on Aug. 28 that Kuwait had become the 19th Iraqi governorate ( liwa ) . |
| 12 | It was reported on Aug. 19 that the Swedish bank Forex had become the second foreign bank to buy and sell kroons , following the Lithuanian bank Litimpex 's decision to do so in June . |
| 13 | At this time , the Blackpool Transport fleet totalled 350 vehicles and had become the seventh largest in the country . |
| 14 | He also enjoyed staunch support from both Salisbury ( 12 ) , who stayed 82 minutes to help add 73 for the seventh wicket and Tufnell , who was 10 not out at the close and had become the fourth England player in the match to better his previous best Test score . |