Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] became the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Last month a 12-year-old Devon girl became the first in Britain to win an order allowing her to live with her grandparents . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In October last year , Federal Express , Business Logistics became the first transport company to win accreditation jointly with another company . |
| 6 | In Massachusetts , William Weld became the first Republican governor in the state for 20 years when he defeated John Silber , the Democrat who was aspiring to succeed Michael Dukakis . |
| 7 | The pocket rocket became the first two-year-old for 36 years to land the Nunthorpe and the first two-year-old filly ever to lift this speedsters prize . |
| 8 | Last year one Middlesex student became the first to submit a postgraduate thesis as a video cassette tape . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Midland Railway Centre are not averse to diesel traction and 10 years ago in 1982 when the railway was first re-opened former Totton favourite Class 4 ‘ Peak ’ Great Gable owned by the Peak Loco Society became the first preserved diesel to be acquired . |