Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] become the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hungary also became the first country to establish full diplomatic relations with Ukraine on Dec. 7 . |
| 2 | Lithuania thus became the third Soviet republic to conclude an economic agreement with Bulgaria , following Russia and Byelarus [ see p. 38350 ] . |
| 3 | Ian Butterworth yesterday became the second Norwich player , after Gunn , to be punished by the club for newspaper comments about the brawl . |
| 4 | After William Morris 's death in 1896 , Benson also became the first chairman of William Morris & Co . |
| 5 | Stephen Dundas recently became the first Scottish winner of The Amateur Championship for 36 years . |
| 6 | Argentina thus became the fifth country to reach such an agreement as part of the Brady Plan , a mechanism devised by the US Treasury Secretary Nicolas Brady in March 1989 to reduce the debt burdens of developing countries [ see pp. 36541-42 ] . |
| 7 | Latvia thus became the second ex-Soviet republic ( following Estonia ) to replace the rouble with its own currency . |
| 8 | HOCKEY star Steve Martin yesterday became the first British player sent off in Olympic Games history . |
| 9 | SOUTH Yorkshire yesterday became the fifth health authority to call in the army and police to take over its emergency services . |
| 10 | Sir Aubrey also became the first man in Test history to dismiss a namesake when he bowled F.W. for 7 in the first innings . |
| 11 | PLUMPTON yesterday became the 12th meeting of the National Hunt season to be called off after parts of the course were found to be waterlogged . |
| 12 | Malcolm Crosby of Sunderland almost became the first caretaker manager to win the FA Cup until Liverpool doused them with reality . |
| 13 | After Ireland and Luxembourg , Greece thus became the third member country to approve the treaty . |