Example sentences of "became the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PURSUIT OF LOVE shot to 5–1 favouritism for the 2,000 Guineas , on May 2 , with an emphatic two-length victory in yesterday 's European Free Handicap as he became the 200th winner trained by Henry Cecil for Lord Howard de Walden . |
| 2 | But now Diana 's younger brother Charles , who became the ninth Earl following his father 's eventual death earlier this year , has exposed all the ghostly goings-on . |
| 3 | Described on the ballot paper as ‘ Mrs Hugh Dalton ’ , she became the ninth female in the Commons . |
| 4 | Thailand became the 68th country out of the 152 IMF members to comply with Article VIII . |
| 5 | At Sydney in 1988 against New South Wales he became the twenty-second batsman and the first West Indian to score a century of centuries . |
| 6 | In 1907 , Oklahoma became the 46th state of the Union . |
| 7 | Croatia on July 8 became the 137th member of the International Maritime Organization . |
| 8 | The 46th Regiment of Foot ( which became The 2nd Battalion The Duke of Cornwall 's Light Infantry ) while engaged in the American War of Independence in 1777 , defeated an American force at Brandywine . |
| 9 | The first 16-bit generation was won hands-down by MS-DOS with Macintosh System in second place — and winning a moral victory by setting the agenda for what should have been the 32-bit generation but in effect became the second 16-bit generation , which seems to have been won by Microsoft Windows , even though for the majority , MS-DOS is all most people want or use . |
| 10 | Cyprus and Malta did so in July 1990 [ see p. 37625 ] , while Sweden in July 1991 became the second EFTA country ( after Austria ) to apply ; an essentially positive opinion on Austria 's application was issued , also in July , by the Commission [ see p. 38353 ] . |
| 11 | On Nov. 6 , 1989 , after 17 years of debate , Massachusetts became the second state to pass a civil rights law for homosexuals . |
| 12 | THE tour operators Euro Express yesterday became the second travel firm in less than a week to collapse . |
| 13 | Kapil Dev became the second bowler to take 400 Test wickets when he dismissed Mark Taylor at Perth |
| 14 | KAPIL DEV , India 's Pride , became the second bowler to take 400 Test wickets when he trapped Australian opener Mark Taylor lbw in the first over after tea at 4.05 on the third day in the final Test of the recent series . |
| 15 | Mrs Cutforth became the second Mrs Tawell regardless of their feelings . |
| 16 | Looking unusually demure , Jennie Walker who became the second Mrs Tiller |
| 17 | SOUTH AFRICAN captain Kepler Wessels became the second cricketer to be dismissed by a TV replay yesterday , adjudged run-out against India on the fourth day of the second Test in Johannesburg . |
| 18 | Ian Butterworth yesterday became the second Norwich player , after Gunn , to be punished by the club for newspaper comments about the brawl . |
| 19 | In his article ‘ Du Sujet dans la Peinture Moderne ’ ( which became the second section of Les Peintres Cubistes ) Apollinaire had written : ‘ Thus we are progressing towards an intensely new kind of art , which will be to painting what one had hitherto imagined music was to pure literature . ’ |
| 20 | The former title-holder , Jansher Khan , also from Pakistan , plays Bryan Beeson , who became the second Briton to reach the last eight by overcoming Jason Nicolle , 15-7 , 15-13 , 15-6 in a tussle of English giant-killers . |
| 21 | The consultant psychogeriatrician in the London Borough of Newham was one of those approached , and as he responded most quickly and positively , Newham became the second area in which the project was to be set up . |
| 22 | Joan Kirner became the second woman to lead an Australian state government when she was elected Premier of Victoria , on Aug. 9 , by the state 's ruling Australian Labor Party ( ALP ) . |
| 23 | Now I became the second edition . |
| 24 | Guiding in a main force became the second phase of assault pilotage , for having reconnoitred a beach some weeks or months before a landing , these teams had the most up-to-date knowledge of local conditions . |
| 25 | The Daltons became the second husband and wife team in the Commons , but three months later he came North to bag the seat for himself . |
| 26 | The Cup and League Double had eluded the most ambitious clubs ever since Aston Villa became the second club to achieve it in 1897 , in a less competitive era . |
| 27 | ‘ Take Me ’ became the first song to appear in the charts two years running . |
| 28 | Around the world — in Japan where ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ won record of the year in its top music awards , in Israel where Kylie was voted most popular female singer of the year and Finland where she became the first artist ever to have four consecutive number ones in a year — the picture was the same : gold , silver and platinum framed . |
| 29 | Above right : Mrs. Cecil Norton ( handicap 22 — became the first Lady Rathcreedan in 1916 ) seen here beating Mrs. Winston Churchill 2 and 1 and Ranelagh in 1913 . |
| 30 | Two months later Deborah passed the Pony Rider tests and became the first Brownie in the Pack to win the badge with the pony on it . |