Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] become the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | In Johnson 's report , the education offered by the city takes precedence over any popular descriptions or concerns , beginning with an interest in the fact that Hector Boece or Boethius became the first President of the King 's College , in 1494 , at the instigation of Bishop William Elphinstone , effectively the founder of Aberdeen University — whose tomb may still be seen . |
2 | Smith became a Carnegie trustee , and it was thanks to the association between the two men that Keighley became the first town in England to acquire a new Carnegie free library . |
3 | It is a matter of history that Austin became the first Englishman to regularly employ the new-fangled back crawl , which all swimmers use today but was then regarded as something of an eccentricity . |
4 | So it was that Huddersfield became the first club to win the Cup with a penalty . |
5 | Following the opening of the Deviation in 1978 , the rebuilding of the old line between Tan y Grisiau and Blaenau became the next major goal for the Railway . |
6 | Secretary of Transportation Samuel Skinner refused to declare an emergency , under which a 60-day cooling-off period , would have been imposed and Bush became the first President to reject the advice of the National Mediation Board when he declined to intervene . |
7 | Can Cairns and Morrison become the first ? |
8 | Suppose the worst comes to the worst and Wilko becomes the next English manager who would take over at Leeds ? |
9 | He played for Shropshire and Herefordshire boys and was in the same team as Sandy Lyle ; many years later they met in the final of the 1987 Suntory World Matchplay Championship and Woosnam became the first British winner . |
10 | He went first thing next morning , though , and the innings closed on 270 as Holding became the fourth West Indian to take 200 Test wickets . |
11 | It meant that a penalty shoot-out was needed to settle the tie , and the FA faced a barrage of criticism when Liverpool became the first team to reach and FA Cup final on penalties . |
12 | Aberdeen had , at that point , been slow to regain the composure shown before Eadie 's involvement and this was illustrated when Aitken became the second experienced player to be booked . |