Example sentences of "[noun prp] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Rassilon had become the first President of the Time Lords of Gallifrey . |