Example sentences of "[adv] became the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They demolished New Zealand 22–6 in the final for their third win in successive years and they effectively became the second underwater sevens champions since Australia in 1983 , the previous ‘ monsoon ’ tournament . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Carol Moseley Braun won in Illinois and thereby became the first black woman , and only the second black person , to serve in the Senate . |
| 4 | Not only one but both his elder sons did so , and thereby became the first Jewish officers to be commissioned . |
| 5 | Latvia thus became the second ex-Soviet republic ( following Estonia ) to replace the rouble with its own currency . |
| 6 | Lithuania thus became the third Soviet republic to conclude an economic agreement with Bulgaria , following Russia and Byelarus [ see p. 38350 ] . |
| 7 | HOCKEY star Steve Martin yesterday became the first British player sent off in Olympic Games history . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Stephen Dundas recently became the first Scottish winner of The Amateur Championship for 36 years . |