Example sentences of "[conj] become [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Childhood instincts caused the individual to turn , on those occasions when his self-confidence failed him , to animate and inanimate objects to which he ascribed comforting powers similar to those originating in his parents , and these real objects eventually gave way to the imaginary ones that became the first ‘ gods ’ . |
| 2 | BRITAIN delivered its third significant blow in two days to the world champions , Pakistan , when Mark Maclean put the seventh-seeded Umar Hayat Khan out of the World Open here yesterday , and became the first Scotsman ever to reach the quarter-finals . |
| 3 | In the Holy City of Mashad , Mrs Ghodssieh Alavi , a 50-year-old doctor associated with the ‘ pragmatist ’ faction supporting Mr Rafsanjani , took the highest number of votes and became the first Iranian woman to be elected outside Teheran . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He won six amateur titles from 1926 to 1934 and became the first Canadian to win the United States amateur crown , in 1932 . |
| 6 | In the following years the population in the areas of West Bowling and Horton increased enormously with the growth of the worsted industry and the building of new steam-powered mills , so that in November 1881 Canon Motler established St Joseph 's as a new parish and became the first parish priest himself . |
| 7 | , and became the first lay students of Ushaw College , the Northern Catholic seminary , to train for ministry . |
| 8 | It was also the season in which he captained England at Lord 's , in the absence of W.G. Grace , and became the first captain in Test history to declare an innings closed . |
| 9 | It was known at first as a subway , a name thought of as an American term for an underground system , but later on was named the City and South London Railway and became the first tube railway in the world . |
| 10 | One of those interested in the opportunities for détente was Winston Churchill who was British premier once more and became the first major European statesman to advocate a relaxation of tensions with Russia . |
| 11 | He was educated at Elphinstone College where he remained as a teacher and became the first Indian professor with his appointment to the chair of mathematics and natural philosophy ( 1854 ) . |
| 12 | Josslyn introduced co-operatives to Sligo and became the first landlord in Ireland to sell his land to his tenants after the 1903 Land Act . |
| 13 | He was one of the first proponents of detente towards eastern Europe and became the first Western head of government to receive Arab leaders such as Yassir Arafat of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Col. Kadhafi of Libya . |
| 14 | Queen Elizabeth II paid an official nine-day visit to the USA starting on May 14 , and became the first United Kingdom sovereign to address the US Congress , meeting in joint session on May 16 . |
| 15 | He made his name as mayor of West Berlin in 1957-66 , was Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor from 1966 to 1969 , and became the first SPD Chancellor in 1969 [ see p. 23618 ] . |
| 16 | SUNDERLAND Harrier David Clark scored a unique double yesterday when he won Durham City Nike Destiny Run for the second year running and became the first to break 20 minutes for the four-mile race . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | After travelling extensively at home ( and becoming the first Romanov to see Siberia ) , in 1838 and 1839 he toured Europe . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Otherwise such times can be worked out in advance and become a first call on everyone 's schedule . |
| 21 | Runner-up three times , Mansell finished second in the Hungarian Grand Prix — enough to clinch the world drivers ’ title and become the first British champion since James Hunt in 1976 . |
| 22 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
| 23 | Fish began to haul themselves out of water and become the first back-boned creatures to colonise the land . |
| 24 | Given that for every person who attends live opera , at least 1,000 more buy and enjoy reading poetry , will the Minister change his priorities and become the first legislator to acknowledge the unacknowledged legislators of the world ? |
| 25 | Bobby Fischer beats Boris Spassky and becomes the first US chess champion : posing the question , Where is Reykjavik ? |