Example sentences of "[noun sg] became the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was presented , to Darlington Harrier Andy Campbell , when the race was established as an open event in 1904 and given to Duncan McLeod-Wright to keep when the Scottish runner became the first man to win three times , in 1929 . |
| 2 | Last year The Mary Whitehouse Experience became the first TV programme to be reported to the Broadcasting Standards Council after a derogatory sketch about Going For Gold star Henry Kelly was shown . |
| 3 | In November 1990 , a man convicted of multiple rape and murder became the first person in Tunisia to be executed since the President came to power in 1987 . |
| 4 | This , at length , came under the control of Virgin , as the principal British investors , and The Great Rock ‘ n ’ Roll Swindle became the first production of a new company , Virgin Films . |
| 5 | In Germany the large shift in Jewish identity came in the eighteenth and especially the nineteenth centuries as no longer Yiddish but German became the first language for most Jews . |
| 6 | Of the students in my time , one has since become an archbishop , John Aung Hla ; another , John Maung Pe became the first bishop of Akyab , and another who came for a short term of study and an even shorter curacy was John Richardson , the saintly schoolteacher , catechist , priest and bishop in turn of Car Nicobar , where under his influence the whole of the island population , including witch doctors , became Christian . |
| 7 | THE novelist VS Naipaul last night became the first winner of Britain 's biggest literary prize , worth £30,000 . |
| 8 | In Massachusetts , William Weld became the first Republican governor in the state for 20 years when he defeated John Silber , the Democrat who was aspiring to succeed Michael Dukakis . |
| 9 | Somalia is disintegrating into anarchy : Richard Dowden last week became the first outsider to visit the parts of Somalia controlled by anti-government guerrillas . |
| 10 | When Abbey national became the first lender to win no less than three Which Mortgage awards : Best Overall Lender , Best First-time Buyers Product and Best High Street Bank in 1991 , the company proved how efficient and comprehensive its mortgage services are . |
| 11 | In October last year , Federal Express , Business Logistics became the first transport company to win accreditation jointly with another company . |
| 12 | The pocket rocket became the first two-year-old for 36 years to land the Nunthorpe and the first two-year-old filly ever to lift this speedsters prize . |
| 13 | Khaled Nezzar became the first Defence Minister of Cabinet status appointed in 25 years . |