Example sentences of "[noun prp] became the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the new spate of glasnost , or openness , one of I T N's Moscow reporters , Bill Meely became the first European journalist to be shown inside the Lubyanka , the K G B's headquarters . |
| 2 | Lieutenant General Augustus Pitt-Rivers became the first official guardian of Britain 's heritage |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | WASHINGTON — General Dmitri Yazov became the first Soviet defence minister to visit the US yesterday , beginning a week of talks as the guest of his opposite number , Dick Cheney , writes Marc Champion . |
| 5 | John Vento became the third white to be sentenced in connection with the Bensonhurst attack , having been convicted of unlawful imprisonment and menacing behaviour , on July 3 , and was on Aug. 14 imprisoned for between 2@2/3 and 8 years . |
| 6 | In June 1988 , James Hansen became the first prominent atmospheric scientist to tell governments that the greenhouse effect had been confirmed ‘ with about 99 per cent confidence ’ ( Hansen et al. , 1988 ) . |
| 7 | In 1961 Pillai became the first Indian chairman of GKW ( the Indian subsidiary of GKN ) . |
| 8 | Following the opening of the Deviation in 1978 , the rebuilding of the old line between Tan y Grisiau and Blaenau became the next major goal for the Railway . |
| 9 | On July 16 François Mitterrand became the first French President to attend the annual service held to commemorate the arrest and detention in 1942 of 12,884 Jews in the " Vel " d'Hiv " " cycling stadium in Paris . |
| 10 | During the talks Mubarak became the first Arab leader to accept the US suggestion that the Arab countries should drop their economic boycott of Israel in return for an Israeli freeze on its settlement activities . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Lech Walesa became the first Polish President to visit Israel when he arrived for a four-day visit on May 20 . |
| 13 | When Victor Paige became the first general manager of the health service he found himself in a very different job from any that he or anyone else had occupied before . |
| 14 | Masur became the first Australian to reach the quarter-finals here since 1988 in a match that featured one of the greatest comebacks in US Open history . |
| 15 | I 'm delighted to welcome er the various initiatives that result from partnerships between industry and government er and in particular the investors in people which encourages training and skilling er on a life long basis and I have pleasure in confirming that that is not confined to the private sector and that today ACAS became the first civil service er body to receive the full award of Investors in People . |
| 16 | Democrat Carol Moseley from Illinios became the first black woman to be elected to the Senate . |
| 17 | Leeds United 's winger Albert Johanneson became the first black player to appear at Wembley in the 1965 Cup Final against Liverpool , who won 2–1 after extra time . |
| 18 | On May 3 Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu became the first Japanese head of government to issue an unambiguous apology to countries of south-east Asia for Japan 's actions during the Pacific War . |
| 19 | In February 1991 Malaysia became the first ASEAN country to open a diplomatic office in Ho Chi Minh City , the country 's commercial capital . |
| 20 | During his visit , Mr Kinnock became the first British political leader to meet Gregor Gysi , the new East German Communist Party leader . |
| 21 | In Connecticut Gary Franks became the first black Republican to serve in the House since the Second World War . |
| 22 | Sixteen years and one month later , Bunny Johnson became the fourth black boxer to win a Lonsdale Belt , the most coveted award in British boxing ( Randolph Turpin was the first in 1956 , Bunny Sterling the second in 1973 , Maurice Hope the third in 1976 ) . |
| 23 | When Mr Bush lost and Mr Clinton became the first Democratic president for more than a decade , the much-valued special relationship between Britain and America suddenly looked decidedly shaky . |
| 24 | Livingston became the third British athlete after pole vaulter Jeff Gutteridge and shot-putter Neal Brunning to be banned for failing a drugs test . |
| 25 | On Sept. 9 , Tajikistan became the 12th Soviet republic to declare independence ( only the Russian Federation , Kazakhstan and Turkmenia having not done so ) . |
| 26 | On Nov. 27 Italy became the sixth European Community member country to sign the Schengen Agreement . |
| 27 | Monaco became the first French club to reach the final when they drew 2–2 in Rotterdam with Feyenoord , going through on away goals after the 1–1 draw in the Principality . |
| 28 | It had the foresight to see the possibilities of trade with the newly arrived Ottoman power which had moved into the Bosnian hinterland , and , armed with a papal dispensation from Urban V , Ragusa became the first Christian power to enter into treaty relations with the infidels . |
| 29 | Some are based on a wrong premise : I remember a Labour one in 1979 which pre-supposed that the world would think Mrs Thatcher was a bogeywoman and said something like : ‘ The day you forgot to vote , Mrs Thatcher became the next prime minister . ’ |
| 30 | The Yasukuni shrine issue had sparked fierce controversy in 1985 when Yasuhiro Nakasone became the first post-war Prime Minister to make an official visit [ see p. 34559 ] , an action which drew fierce criticism from neighbouring countries which had suffered during the Pacific War . |