Example sentences of "[noun sg] become [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was presented , to Darlington Harrier Andy Campbell , when the race was established as an open event in 1904 and given to Duncan McLeod-Wright to keep when the Scottish runner became the first man to win three times , in 1929 . |
| 2 | Last year The Mary Whitehouse Experience became the first TV programme to be reported to the Broadcasting Standards Council after a derogatory sketch about Going For Gold star Henry Kelly was shown . |
| 3 | The Boipatong massacre became the first major hurdle which rugby had to overcome and this led to the implementation of All Black and Wallaby tour conditions such a the minute 's silence prior to each test , the display of peace and democracy signed at match venues and in match programmes , the non-playing of national anthems and the removal of any official flying of the South African national flag . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Macari signed for Celtic in 1966 , and was an exciting reserve prospect during the Lisbon Lion era , when the club became the first British team to win the coveted European Cup . |
| 6 | An Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Jan. 12 that the French government had declared its intention to become the first western government to reopen its embassy in Kabul . |
| 7 | The bad weather has also forced Rebecca Stephens to delay her attempt to become the first British woman to climb Everest . |
| 8 | They are badly needed : as Green has said , ‘ It would be easy for clinical research to become the first and indeed the greatest casualty of reductions in size in London . ’ |
| 9 | Although the Democrats increased their share of the vote , the party 's leader Janine Haines failed in her bid to become the first candidate from a minor party since 1966 to win a seat in the 148-seat House of Representatives . |
| 10 | Wonderful Wang WORLD champion Wang Junxia fulfilled her ambition to become the first woman to run under 30 minutes for the 10,000 metres when she today slashed an astonishing 42 seconds off the world record . |
| 11 | This , at length , came under the control of Virgin , as the principal British investors , and The Great Rock ‘ n ’ Roll Swindle became the first production of a new company , Virgin Films . |
| 12 | Last month a 12-year-old Devon girl became the first in Britain to win an order allowing her to live with her grandparents . |
| 13 | In addition he served with great distinction in the Edinburgh Eye Infirmary and , having reached the statutory rule of fifteen years service , ‘ retired ’ from the Royal Infirmary to become the first surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children . |
| 14 | An impressive 2-0 win over Everton left the watching Germans in no doubt that Leeds are in the mood to become the first British team to win a European tie from 3-0 down . |
| 15 | In Germany the large shift in Jewish identity came in the eighteenth and especially the nineteenth centuries as no longer Yiddish but German became the first language for most Jews . |
| 16 | Blacks continued to involve themselves in boxing after the war though it was not until 1970 that a black boxer emulated the Turpins in winning a British title : Jamaican-born Bunny Sterling became the first immigrant boxer ever to win a British title when he beat Mark Rowe at Wembley . |
| 17 | The marriage relationship takes primacy , so that one 's spouse becomes the first source of support for married people . |
| 18 | In this way glycine becomes the first amino acid in the protein , being carried into position on the ribosome assembly line by its tRNA . |
| 19 | PATCHED up Instonians failed by a whisker to become the first team in five seasons to complete a home and away Harp Senior League double over Lisnagarvey . |
| 20 | SENIOR Tories in Cheltenham were trying yesterday to persuade Mr John Taylor to remain as their prospective parliamentary candidate after his failure to become the first black Tory MP . |
| 21 | Pontypridd35 Cardiff HSOB15 CARDIFF HSOB 's aim to become the first Welsh junior club to reach the semi-final stage of the Schweppes Cup failed just as all previous attempts by minnows had done . |
| 22 | In 1888 Smith , a conscientious and outwardly austere man , gave up his business to become the first full-time secretary of the BB , his salary being donated by prominent Scottish businessmen . |
| 23 | Of the students in my time , one has since become an archbishop , John Aung Hla ; another , John Maung Pe became the first bishop of Akyab , and another who came for a short term of study and an even shorter curacy was John Richardson , the saintly schoolteacher , catechist , priest and bishop in turn of Car Nicobar , where under his influence the whole of the island population , including witch doctors , became Christian . |
| 24 | A HUNGARIAN shot putter last night became the first Paralympic Games competitor to fail a drugs test . |
| 25 | THE novelist VS Naipaul last night became the first winner of Britain 's biggest literary prize , worth £30,000 . |
| 26 | But as nuclear parity becomes the first order of the day and conventional power projection capabilities expand , Soviet departures from Western attitudes in the realm of war become more visible and telling . |
| 27 | In the event , John Conteh dropped down a division and Johnson took his place , proving the legitimacy of his claim by beating two contenders and then the champion to become the first black heavyweight champion of Great Britain . |
| 28 | If all goes smoothly , she now has the chance to become the first ‘ young British designer ’ to be internationally recognised ( oddly , in the fashion business , designers are believed to be as young as their clothes look , which , in Hamnett 's case , is about 19 ) . |
| 29 | It would be sad if ill-health were to deprive him of the chance to become the first democratically-elected president of South Africa . |
| 30 | But Squadron Leader , Bob Illett took time out of his hectic schedule to become the first RAF man to meet the refugees his detachment is helping . |