Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] become the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was February 3 : on Feb 4 , two years before , Richard Hadlee had become the first to reach this once-unthinkable total . |
| 2 | In contesting the run-off , Young had become the first black candidate to progress beyond the primary stage of the electoral process for any state-wide office within the state of Georgia . |
| 3 | Norway had become the first NATO member to establish diplomatic relations with Russia , following moves by Bulgaria and Hungary . |
| 4 | Of these societies ( outside those areas of disseminated settlement where the parish tended to become the first unit beyond the family and that of those neighbouring farmers who helped each other out at harvest and ploughing ) the most significant was the pueblo . |
| 5 | On March 31 it was announced that the Katowice Commercial and Credit Bank had become the first Polish bank to go bankrupt . |
| 6 | In the week before the visit , Keating had become the first Prime Minister to suggest that Australia drop the Union Flag device from its own , further fuelling public debate between republicans and monarchists about Australia 's status . |
| 7 | According to the newspaper La Nacion , Delia Adela Guevara de Palazzo missed becoming the first victim of space debris by 2 metres when a 1.5 kilogram fragment of the space station landed in her back garden . |
| 8 | ‘ Rassilon had become the first President of the Time Lords of Gallifrey . |
| 9 | A CHILD murderer set to become the first person to be hanged for 28 years has sparked controversy across America . |