Example sentences of "[pers pn] become [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1951 , when I was nineteen , I became the first home-grown sex symbol in austerity Britain . |
| 2 | Later , because of my own initiative in originating the idea , I became the first Radio Editor in Canada , which meant writing a daily column about radio programmes , stars , and networks . |
| 3 | As I now personally from one of my previous lives in nineteen eighty-two , when I became the first Director of the newly independent National Federation of Community Organisations . |
| 4 | He also helped them become the first team since Lotus and BRM in 1963 to score points in every race of the year . |
| 5 | By the end of the year she was rewriting the record books as — with her UK sales alone more than 2 million — she became the first female artist to have her first five singles go silver . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A former teacher , journalist and Euro-MP , Mrs Clwyd has been MP for Cynon Valley , Mid-Glamorgan , since a by-election in 1984 , when she became the first woman to represent a South Wales mining valley . |
| 9 | A Left-winger and a staunch campaigner against nuclear weapons , she became the first woman chairman of the Tribune Group . |
| 10 | Indeed the authorities became so concerned that in 1935 she became the first cartoon character to be censored . |
| 11 | This was given by Mrs Jean Mellonie , Jean Farrow as she was in 1939 when , aged nineteen and at her third attempt , she became the first woman ever to win the race and in record time despite rain and hail . |
| 12 | She became the first female singer to top the festive chart twice . |
| 13 | ( London ) , gaining a first in mental and moral science and a second in mathematics , while three years later she became the first woman to be awarded a D.Sc . |
| 14 | In 1887 she became the first and only woman on the school board at Rotherham . |
| 15 | 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 . ) . |
| 16 | In 1928 she became the first person ever to swim the Straits of Gibraltar ( in 12 hrs. 50 min. ) , braving the perils of whirlpools , currents , and sharks . |
| 17 | BRITISH Airways pilot Barbara Harmer flew into the record books yesterday when she became the first woman to operate a Concorde . |
| 18 | Dayflower made history last week at York when she became the first Dubai trained runner to win in England and 31-year-old trainer Indian Satish Seewar will be hoping for a similar landmark in Ireland . |
| 19 | On the way back , she became the first British square rigger to round Cape Horn in 55 years . |
| 20 | Among the guests , Patricia Pinkerton , who made history earlier this year when she became the first woman to be put in charge of her own parish ; St Briavels in the Forest of Dean . |
| 21 | Mrs Elliott broke new ground when she became the first woman solicitor in the firm about 15 years ago . |
| 22 | AN EIGHT-MONTH-OLD girl from Lennoxtown , Stirlingshire , made British medical history yesterday when she became the first person to start gene therapy to combat a potentially fatal deficiency . |
| 23 | But Jodi , a Rhodes scholar , will get her chance later this month , when she becomes the first woman to turn out for the men in the annual varsity match against Cambridge . |
| 24 | They became the first club since the war to win the Cup and the League , and were the first to win the League on goal average . |
| 25 | When not busy whipping crowds to a frenzy ( but more of the Skin 2 Rubber Ball later ) , they became the first band to play the newly re-opened Stone Pony Club in Asbury Park , New Jersey where , of course , BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN first launched his career . |
| 26 | In his autobiography Nothing Venture Nothing Win Hillary describes the moment in 1953 when they became the first people ever to reach the top of Everest . |
| 27 | His brother , Cherry , joined him in his work and together they became the first men to illustrate books on natural history throughout with photographs . |
| 28 | She seemed able to find interest in any topic , a gift which led to her becoming the first regular columnist for the Manchester Guardian 's women 's page . |
| 29 | He led St Colman 's College to victory over old adversaries St Pat 's , Maghera in the MacRory Cup final with a marvellous individual performance that saw him become the first winner of the Iggy Jones Memorial Trophy . |
| 30 | David Strang , whose South African-based Glaswegian parents were in Toronto to see him become the first Briton to win a world indoors 1,500m medal , also has a connection with the Boyle squad . |