Example sentences of "become the [num ord] of " in BNC.
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1 | EQUITY & LAW , The Netherlands ' 60ft yacht skippered by Dirk Nauta , yesterday became the first of the smaller boats and 15th so far to finish the first leg of the Whitbread Round the World Race to Punta del Este in Uruguay . |
2 | When that happened , however , there would at least be the compensation that she became the first of them to have her power formally acknowledged with the title of regent . |
3 | Nine months later , Francis ' team dominated Canadian sprinting , and the following year Angella Taylor became the first of the group to reach world class . |
4 | Lord Winterstoke became the first of five Pro-Chancellors who have been elected from Wills families . |
5 | 26th minute : Steve Bould became the first of five bookings for his second tackle from behind on Teddy Sheringham . |
6 | National Semiconductor became the first of a stream of US and later Japanese electronics investors to take the bait . |
7 | In 1874 Elliot became the first of the coal industry 's business leaders to receive a baronetcy . |
8 | Her edition of Utendi wa Ayubu ( the life of Job ) , subsequently reprinted in a Dar-es-Salaam newspaper , became the first of the Swahili epics to reach a wide public both in Europe and along the East African coast . |
9 | Karelia on Aug. 10 became the first of the Soviet Union 's 20 autonomous Soviet Socialist republics ( ASSRs ) to issue a sovereignty declaration . |
10 | Todor Zhivkov on Feb. 25 became the first of Eastern Europe 's ousted communist leaders to go on public trial , 14 months after the " palace coup " which had ended his 35 years in power . |
11 | Next year , the younger son of this old man became the first of five Richard Goughs to live at Newton on the Hill , a mile or so from Myddle church . |
12 | Hearts are top of the reserve league , and against Falkirk on Saturday , Kevin Thomas , a 17-year-old former Scottish Schoolboys internationalist , became the first of the new breed to earn his spurs in the senior side . |
13 | He became the fourth of the afternoon to be caught behind off one which left him , this time off Watson , who did the stock-bowler 's job much better than Pringle and in Christchurch . |
14 | Orion 's plans have caused consternation among Intelsat officials , who are worried that the craft could become the first of many operated by private companies to ‘ cream off ’ traffic from the lucrative telecommunications route between North America and Europe . |
15 | KPMG Peat Marwick Midland Region has become the first of the Big Six firms ' practices to gain the Investors in People award . |
16 | A BABY ostrich called Linford after the Olympic flyer has become the first of his kind to be born in Britain outside a zoo . |
17 | The 1st of G becomes the 3rd of Eb |
18 | The 4th of G becomes the 6th of Eb |
19 | ‘ The 17m prototype , FAB 3 , is undergoing the most rigorous sea trials which will continue until we can be completely satisfied that she is in every way suitable to become the first of a new generation of fast All-weather lifeboats . |
20 | ASDA 's superstore in Rawtenstall , Lancashire is to become the first of the supermarket chain 's English stores to get Cashline , and , following lengthy negotiations , a terminal is to be installed in the Royal Victoria Shopping Centre in Tunbridge Wells . |
21 | The loco is 45106 which was to become the last of its type to remain in service . |