Example sentences of "became the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay . |
| 2 | When that happened , however , there would at least be the compensation that she became the first of them to have her power formally acknowledged with the title of regent . |
| 3 | Nine months later , Francis ' team dominated Canadian sprinting , and the following year Angella Taylor became the first of the group to reach world class . |
| 4 | Lord Winterstoke became the first of five Pro-Chancellors who have been elected from Wills families . |
| 5 | 26th minute : Steve Bould became the first of five bookings for his second tackle from behind on Teddy Sheringham . |
| 6 | National Semiconductor became the first of a stream of US and later Japanese electronics investors to take the bait . |
| 7 | In 1874 Elliot became the first of the coal industry 's business leaders to receive a baronetcy . |
| 8 | Her edition of Utendi wa Ayubu ( the life of Job ) , subsequently reprinted in a Dar-es-Salaam newspaper , became the first of the Swahili epics to reach a wide public both in Europe and along the East African coast . |
| 9 | Karelia on Aug. 10 became the first of the Soviet Union 's 20 autonomous Soviet Socialist republics ( ASSRs ) to issue a sovereignty declaration . |
| 10 | Todor Zhivkov on Feb. 25 became the first of Eastern Europe 's ousted communist leaders to go on public trial , 14 months after the " palace coup " which had ended his 35 years in power . |
| 11 | Next year , the younger son of this old man became the first of five Richard Goughs to live at Newton on the Hill , a mile or so from Myddle church . |
| 12 | Hearts are top of the reserve league , and against Falkirk on Saturday , Kevin Thomas , a 17-year-old former Scottish Schoolboys internationalist , became the first of the new breed to earn his spurs in the senior side . |
| 13 | He became the fourth of the afternoon to be caught behind off one which left him , this time off Watson , who did the stock-bowler 's job much better than Pringle and in Christchurch . |