Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] become the [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | The French champions became the first club to hit six goals since the semi-final group system was introduced last season . |
| 3 | Next year , the younger son of this old man became the first of five Richard Goughs to live at Newton on the Hill , a mile or so from Myddle church . |
| 4 | On May 22 Liechtenstein became the seventh member of the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) joining Austria , Finland , Iceland , Norway , Sweden and Switzerland ; hitherto Liechtenstein had had associate status through its customs union with Switzerland , but no vote . |
| 5 | Khaled Nezzar became the first Defence Minister of Cabinet status appointed in 25 years . |
| 6 | His Democratic opponent , Doug Wilder , hoping on 7 November to become the first black governor of a US state , has been forcing him to back-pedal since . |
| 7 | In February 1991 Malaysia became the first ASEAN country to open a diplomatic office in Ho Chi Minh City , the country 's commercial capital . |
| 8 | Berkshire 's Lane instantly missed a four-foot winning chance in the play-off and 45-year-old Canizares , after halving from seven feet on the previous green , sank a 20ft birdie winner at the fourth extra hole to become the fourth Spanish winner of the season after Severiano Ballesteros , Jose-Maria Olazabal and Jose Rivero . |
| 9 | In 1874 Elliot became the first of the coal industry 's business leaders to receive a baronetcy . |
| 10 | United States Secretary of State James Baker paid a visit ( curtailed by Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait which began the Gulf crisis ) to Mongolia in August 1990 [ see p. 37656 ] , and in January 1991 Ochirbat became the first Mongolian head of state to visit the USA [ see p. 37960 ] . |
| 11 | On Nov. 26 Poland became the third eastern European country after Hungary and Czechoslovakia [ see p. 38503 ] , to join the Council of Europe . |
| 12 | It started its quality improvement process in 1988 and the following year became the first French chemical company to gain ISO 9000 registration . |
| 13 | Chapman had put the Town on a firm footing that would see them to a third championship the following year to become the first club to win the title three years in succession ; and two years after that they were runners-up . |
| 14 | These new streamlined creatures became the first fish and soon underwent a further important change when they began to develop a movable jaw , paving the way for the Devonian period — the ‘ Age of Fishes ’ . |
| 15 | National Semiconductor became the first of a stream of US and later Japanese electronics investors to take the bait . |
| 16 | The Princess , dressed simply in a white blouse and dark skirt , was draped with crimson flower garlands as she flew over Mount Everest in a helicopter , 40 years after a British-sponsored expedition became the first to reach the summit of the world 's highest mountain.As she flew past the snowy peak a relative of a Nepalese climber who accompanied Sir Edmund Hillary up Everest in 1953 was leading a seven-member Australian team up the mountain.Although the Princess did not see any climbers she told fellow passengers aboard her Super Puma helicopter that she had a wonderful time seeing the mountain through clear skies . |
| 17 | In 1922 Parma became the last city in Italy to give in to Mussolini , and then only after violent fighting Oltre Torrente . |
| 18 | Troops committed by Pakistan and Bangladesh left for the Gulf in early September , while on Sept. 18 Argentina became the first Latin American country to announce that it would send forces ; two frigates , a Hercules aeroplane and 450 soldiers left on Sept. 25 , despite opposition claims that this action violated the Constitution and was inconsistent with Argentina 's diplomatic tradition of neutrality in overseas conflicts . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The second day , and some of the third , belonged to Andrew Hudson , who drew strength from the eerie vacuum to become the first to score a century on Test debut for South Africa in 104 years . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | On Nov. 6 Hungary became the first east European country to join the Council of Europe . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | On May 25 Roh became the first South Korean leader ever to address the Diet , the Japanese legislature . |
| 25 | On July 1 Andorra became the first non-EC country to join the EC customs union , when a treaty signed in June 1990 [ see p. 37592 ] came into effect . |
| 26 | On Jan. 16 Hungary became the first country to establish bilateral diplomatic relations with the former Soviet republic of Moldova . |
| 27 | In 1961 Pillai became the first Indian chairman of GKW ( the Indian subsidiary of GKN ) . |
| 28 | On Nov. 27 Italy became the sixth European Community member country to sign the Schengen Agreement . |
| 29 | On Aug. 13 Belgium became the fourth EC country to house Cuban citizens in its Embassy ( Italy and Switzerland having temporarily sheltered seven ) . |
| 30 | And when the economy began to collapse and the political optimism of the 1960s and early 1970s began to tarnish , it was women who saw our jobs , our wages , our support services and our educational opportunities become the first and most serious casualties of the new depression . |