Example sentences of "[adv] became the first [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After moving to Willesden in north-west London he became the scourge of local boxers and eventually became the first black man to hold a British title when , in 1907 , he beat Curly Watson in the fourth of a scheduled twenty rounds to take the welterweight championship at the ‘ Wonderland ’ venue in the East End of London . |
| 2 | Carol Moseley Braun won in Illinois and thereby became the first black woman , and only the second black person , to serve in the Senate . |
| 3 | HOCKEY star Steve Martin yesterday became the first British player sent off in Olympic Games history . |
| 4 | At the same time he also became the first known clerk of Parliament and thus was responsible for beginning the compilation of the rolls of Parliament . |
| 5 | Lyric Fantasy , brilliant winner of the Queen Mary Stakes at Royal Ascot in June , later became the first two-year-old filly to win the all-aged Nunthorpe Stakes . |
| 6 | Athletics , to a more limited extent , commanded some attention , beginning in the late nineteenth century with Arthur Wharton who later became the first black footballer to play league soccer . |
| 7 | Other countries soon welcomed the breed , including several in South America and southern Africa , and it later became the first foreign breed to be imported by Japan . |
| 8 | Duncan Heenan , who four years ago became the first chartered accountant to swim the Channel ( see ACCOUNTANCY , November 1988 , p 68 ) , is still , it seems , addicted to spending hours at a time submerged in cold , murky water . |
| 9 | Microport Inc , Scotts Valley , California , which recently became the first non-hardware licensee of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's unannounced System V.4.2 ES/MP , has started shipping an ANSI C Compiler for Intel Corp 's Pentium processor from Unix System Laboratories Inc . |
| 10 | Microport Inc , Scotts Valley , California , which recently became the first non-hardware licensee of Unix System Lab 's unannounced SVR4.2 ES/MP , has started shipping an ANSI C Compiler for Intel Corp 's Pentium processor from Unix System Labs . |
| 11 | C&P 's Occupational Health Department — 100 strong and spread over five locations — recently became the first medical service anywhere to achieve quality assurance registration . |
| 12 | Stephen Dundas recently became the first Scottish winner of The Amateur Championship for 36 years . |