Example sentences of "[noun prp] become the first [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November , Hungary became the first East European nation to apply for membership to the council based in Strasbourg , France . |
| 2 | In November , Hungary became the first East European nation to apply for membership to the council based in Strasbourg , France . |
| 3 | In March 1989 Hungary became the first East European state to accede to the 1951 Convention and 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees ( under which states agreed not to expel refugees or return them to their homeland if they would face persecution there ) . |
| 4 | To a backdrop of deserted stands , Andrew Hudson becomes the first South African to score a hundred on his Test debut : ( below ) Curtly Ambrose mops up on the final day , bowling Meyrick Pringle . |
| 5 | Barry Abrook became the first UK skater to spin a 540 and make it . |
| 6 | Czechoslovakian President Havel became the first East European head of state to visit Israel , in April 1990 . |
| 7 | In 1893 , Drewy Stoddart became the first Middlesex batsman to score a century in each innings of a county match — carrying his bat for 195 not out ( out of 327 ) and 124 against Nottinghamshire at Lord 's . |
| 8 | On May 25 Roh became the first South Korean leader ever to address the Diet , the Japanese legislature . |
| 9 | Once again , the backbone of the innings came from Lamb and Botham , and just before the close on the first day Lamb became the first England batsman since Barrington in 1960 to score centuries in consecutive Test innings against West Indies . |
| 10 | N.A. Mallender became the first England bowler to take five wickets in an innings on Test debut since N.G.B. Cook ( v NZ , Lord 's , 1983 ) . |