Example sentences of "becoming [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Freitas and Small were extremely economical and there were only nine balls left when the total was passed , but with Richards on song — and becoming the first man to score 5,000 runs in one-day internationals — only four wickets went down . |
| 2 | But the following July Campbell returned to cover the measured kilometre at an average speed of 403.1 m.p.h. for the two runs , becoming the first man to take a shaft-driven vehicle over 400 m.p.h. and to break both land and water speed records in the same year . |
| 3 | ‘ Andy used to tell me that he ought to be called ‘ Boo Linighan ’ because boos were all he seemed to get from our fans — but he 'll deservedly be a hero now , ’ beamed captain Tony Adams after becoming the first man ever to lift both the League and FA Cups in the same season . |
| 4 | With a major breakthrough in America beckoning , they look well on the way to becoming the first stadium techno band . |
| 5 | By the time Henley was opened Braid had already won the Open Championship four times and went on to win again in 1910 so becoming the first golfer to win five times . |
| 6 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S David Frost yesterday made history by becoming the first golfer to win the Million Dollar Challenge three times . |
| 7 | The development of its taste for small water creatures as a main ingredient in its omnivorous diet may be similar to the trend that occurred in our own ancient ancestors during the intermediate stage on the way to becoming the first hunting primates . |
| 8 | In becoming the first country to shun the Springboks , the Welsh not only turned about face from their decision of five years ago , but also brought the advent of a professional rugby circus in the Republic that bit closer . |
| 9 | On Jan. 25 , 1990 , Bhutto gave birth to a daughter ( thereby becoming the first head of government to give birth while in office ) ; the withdrawal of the Prime Minister from public life during the latter months of her pregnancy increased the aura of indecisiveness surrounding the government , particularly as the Cabinet had offered its resignation in mid-November ( see p. 37043 ) . |
| 10 | He lost , thereby achieving the distinction of becoming the first person in history who could be proved to have failed his degree . |
| 11 | A TEACHER made legal history yesterday by becoming the first person to win damages for so-called yuppie flu . |
| 12 | Il Moro won , becoming the first challenger to claim a finals place , while Nippon 's loss to New Zealand made her the first to be eliminated . |
| 13 | Not that Andrew Orkney will dwell too much this week on leading them into the Canal Turn and over the final six flights and up the long finish and on to the post and becoming the first optician to win and riding into history . |
| 14 | Style mogul Simon Forbes from Antenna made history in October by becoming the first hairdresser to appear on the Wogan show . |
| 15 | On Friday he played the match of his life to beat the defending champion , Jahangir Khan , in five games , and at 6-0 up in the final game on Saturday he was not far from becoming the first player to beat both Khans in the same tournament . |
| 16 | He also wrote himself into the history books by becoming the first player to compile three total clearances in a match . |
| 17 | A few weeks later he was transferred to Newcastle United for a fee of £90,000 , becoming the first player to be signed up by soccer legend Keegan as new manager of the First Division club . |
| 18 | The 23-year-old Dubliner is a proud man through becoming the first player from South of the Border to become Irish professional snooker . |
| 19 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |
| 20 | RICHARD CORSIE 's hopes of becoming the first player to secure a third World Indoor singles title since the game went open back in 1981 remained intact yesterday . |
| 21 | Middlesboro 1 , Watford 2 WATFORD enhanced their impressive away record by becoming the first team to win at Middlesbrough 's Ayresome Park in the League this season , writes Ian Whittell . |
| 22 | Over the next few seasons debts continued to mount and in an unprecedented move Athletico again made history , becoming the first club to introduce the £1 pork pie . |
| 23 | We have lived through the world 's worst famine for a decade ; accepted passively , pictures of Ethiopian toddlers , bloated and matchstick thin ; the tragedy at the Heysel Stadium and the Hillsborough disaster , experienced the bitterest industrial dispute in Britain since The War ; remember the IRA morning at Brighton that Mrs Thatcher was not meant to see ; the mental picture of Mrs Indira Gandhi on her funeral pyre ; the young policewoman gunned to death by a Libyan in St. James 's Square , London ; human barbarities in the South African townships ; the earthquake in Mexico City ; West Indians savaging England by 5 Tests to 0 ; the current loss of the Ashes to Australia ; Torvill and Dean taking ice dancing to new heights ; Britain 's Olympic team returning from Los Angeles with five gold medals , 11 silver and 21 bronze ; Cambridge cox sinking the boat before the race had started ; Boris Becker becoming the youngest , at 17 , to win the Wimbledon title ; England 's trouncing of Australia 3-1 in the Test series ; Bob Geldof transformed from Boomtown Rat to world-famous humanitarian ; Sandy Lyle becoming the first Briton since 1969 to win The Open . |
| 24 | The prototype Series F first flew in May 69 and was certified on 20 Jan 70 , becoming the first executive jet to meet the U.S. FAR Part 36 stringent anti-noise regulations . |
| 25 | Last month at York , Dayflower , trained by Satish Seemar , made history by becoming the first horse trained in Dubai to win a race in Britain . |
| 26 | Since becoming the first Scot in 35 years to win the Amateur title at Carnoustie last year , Dundas has known that he would be playing in the US Masters at Augusta and Open Championship at Royal St George 's , and now he has received an invitation to the US Open , to be played at Baltusrol , New Jersey , on 17-20 June . |
| 27 | At the Commons at 27 , the first Welsh woman MP joined her father , her brother Gwilym , newly elected for Pembroke , and a relative , Major Goronwy Owen , MP for Caernarfonshire , in a unique family group , LG becoming the first MP to have a son and daughter in the Commons simultaneously . |
| 28 | For the players of Torpedo Moscow will not only be fighting for the honour of becoming the first side to beat Manchester United in a European tie at Old Trafford . |
| 29 | After their mauling of the Seasiders , Glenavon picked up £1 , from sponsors TNT for becoming the first side to score goals in the competition , with Trevor McMullan knocking in the sixth with two minutes left on the clock at Clandeboye . |
| 30 | He was educated at Hemel Hempstead and Clifton College , then at the Polytechnic in Zurich , becoming the first Englishman to receive the Swiss government diploma in industrial chemistry . |