Example sentences of "became the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Take Me ’ became the first song to appear in the charts two years running . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Flying Scotsman , on a run from London to Scotland in the 1930's , became the first steam engine ever to reach 100 miles an hour . |
| 5 | Khaled Nezzar became the first Defence Minister of Cabinet status appointed in 25 years . |
| 6 | In the autumn of 1929 the USSR became the first state to break the illusions created by the Kellogg-Briand pact by unleashing its Special Far Eastern Army upon the Manchurian nationalists , who rashly thought they could put an end to Soviet control of the Chinese Eastern Railway . |
| 7 | In 1990 it became the first company to offer on-line access to data from Companies House on all limited companies operating in the UK . |
| 8 | ( Phoebe ) Bradley became the first lady to serve on the Club Committee , an event doubly unique , for although not a bondholder she was elected by their Committee to represent them for a four-year term . |
| 9 | On pole after setting a lap record during the qualifying session , Mansell became the first rookie driver to win his first Indy grand prix since the late Graham Hill won the Indianapolis 500 in 1966 . |
| 10 | In 1927 she swam the 120 miles from London to Folkestone in stages ; and on 7 October 1927 , at her eighth attempt , she became the first Englishwoman to swim the Channel ( from France to England in 15 hrs. 15 min . ) . |
| 11 | ANGELIC Antoinette Armes became the first girl to win a race round the Derby track when striking on Incola at Epsom yesterday , but favourite backers did their money before the start . |
| 12 | The Department of Education and Science therefore took over the enlarged responsibilities of the Ministry created by Butler in 1944 , and Quintin Hogg ( who had divested himself of his peerage in the hope of succeeding Macmillan as Prime Minister ) became the first Secretary of State . |
| 13 | In 1822 , eight years after Thomas Lord [ q.v. ] had moved his famous turf to its last resting place at St John 's Wood , Aislabie became the first secretary of the MCC , the first sign of any real formality of organization . |
| 14 | They bought a garage at Caterham from Anthony Crook , who still runs the Bristol Car Company , and began by carrying out ‘ all the usual garage things ’ , and soon became the first Lotus agent when the manufacturer began to expand . |
| 15 | Bracken House , the former home of the Financial Times , became the first candidate and English Heritage then submitted some 70 recommendations to the Department of the Environment ; these included Bankside . |
| 16 | Rhodes Music Radio ( RMR ) became the first campus radio station to broadcast live , when it transmitted to Grahamstown during the Standard Bank National Festival in July . |
| 17 | Several members of the Nemanjić dynasty founded monasteries , some became monks , and the pious St Sava , son of Stephen Nemanja , in 1219 became the first archbishop of an autocephalous church , freed from the jurisdiction of the Greek-led archbishopric of Ohrid . |
| 18 | Under the reforms of Josef II , when the Jesuit Order was abolished , the Clementinum became a seminary under the supervision of the archbishop of Prague , and in 1799 it became the first Academy of Fine Arts . |
| 19 | Then , when the first priest arrived , he wanted to live in Tala-Tala near the kirk , so this became the first hospital , and this , ’ he almost kicked the battered old trunk , ‘ became the first filing cabinet . |
| 20 | Ordained deacon in 1875 , he became the first chaplain of Clifton College Mission . |
| 21 | Wills became the first Chancellor . |
| 22 | A champion of Catholic educational interests , he served on the senate of the Royal University of Ireland ( 1883–4 ) , the National Education Board ( 1895–1901 ) , and the senate of the National University of Ireland of which , in 1908 , he became the first chancellor . |
| 23 | When Abbey national became the first lender to win no less than three Which Mortgage awards : Best Overall Lender , Best First-time Buyers Product and Best High Street Bank in 1991 , the company proved how efficient and comprehensive its mortgage services are . |
| 24 | INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE , 1987 Nouvel 's greatest triumph to date was also the first of President Mitterrand 's ‘ Grands Projets ’ and subsequently became the first building in a Western country to receive an Aga Khan Award . |
| 25 | A COURAGEOUS Open University graduate , virtually blind as well as dyslexic , became the first North Wales Woman of the Year yesterday . |
| 26 | Mr Scargill , in an editorial in a special election edition of his union journal The Miner , became the first union leader to issue a series of specific demands during a campaign in which most TUC figures have adopted a low profile . |
| 27 | Lady Arran , who in 1980 became the first person to top 100 mph in an offshore power boat , set the world speed record for an electric boat at just over 50 mph . |
| 28 | Gilbey quickly became the first person Diana turned to when the pressures of her life and marriage became too much . |
| 29 | In November 1990 , a man convicted of multiple rape and murder became the first person in Tunisia to be executed since the President came to power in 1987 . |
| 30 | He was a politician and a financier , well-known in his time ; but we remember him today because on the 15th of September 1830 , at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway , he became the first person to be run down and killed by a train ( that 's what he became , was turned into ) . |