Example sentences of "[num] [noun prp] become [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | In February 1991 Malaysia became the first ASEAN country to open a diplomatic office in Ho Chi Minh City , the country 's commercial capital . |
| 3 | In 1874 Elliot became the first of the coal industry 's business leaders to receive a baronetcy . |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | On Nov. 6 Hungary became the first east European country to join the Council of Europe . |
| 7 | On May 25 Roh became the first South Korean leader ever to address the Diet , the Japanese legislature . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | On Jan. 16 Hungary became the first country to establish bilateral diplomatic relations with the former Soviet republic of Moldova . |
| 10 | In 1961 Pillai became the first Indian chairman of GKW ( the Indian subsidiary of GKN ) . |
| 11 | In 1926 China became the first country in the Far East to permit kissing to be shown on its cinema screens . |
| 12 | In 1982 Barclays became the first bank to re-open its doors on Saturday mornings , and the other high street banks soon followed suit . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | In 1959 Macmillan became the first Western head of state to visit Moscow in time of peace , sporting a white fur hat ( a psychological mistake , since white was only worn by Finns ) . |
| 15 | Never one to rest of the chic laurels he had begun to gather , in the mid-Seventies Lagerfeld became the first ready-to-wear designer to have his own fragrance . |