Example sentences of "became one [prep] [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | He became one of the first football commentators on radio , copying the urgent , excitable American style of the ‘ gee-whizzers ’ , earning himself the nickname of ‘ By Jove ’ Allison on the way . |
| 2 | Susan , Anne 's daughter by Didier , became one of the first geniuses of the form , moulding her night fantasies into unforgettably affecting tapestries of emotion and narrative . |
| 3 | In joining John Dickinson at Croxley Mills in 1931 , Grant became one of the first qualified scientists to be employed by the paper industry and his contributions and experience proved invaluable to him throughout his subsequent career . |
| 4 | He went to a qualified medical practitioner for his first experience in 1963 and , according to himself , became one of the first people in the country to take the drug . |
| 5 | George Lansbury himself became one of the first reforming Poor Law Guardians in East London in the 1890s , and the social legislation of the Liberals , including the state Old Age Pension introduced in 1908 , was a direct response to the rising political influence of the labour movement . |
| 6 | Guided by the Chief Officer , the county became one of the first to introduce comprehensive schools of a new style , as well as fresh methods of teaching in its primary schools , and an immense explosion of organized music teaching all over the county . |
| 7 | Sony Corp appointed Michael Schulhof , now vice-chairman of Sony USA Inc , to the post of president and chief executive of its US unit , which will be renamed Sony Corp of America : Schulhof joined Sony in 1974 after a mainly academic career as a physicist and worked on the development of the compact disk ; in 1989 , he became one of the first Americans to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company . |
| 8 | He became one of the first Conceptual artists and among the first to draw his imagery from television , movies , newspapers and advertising . |
| 9 | Her parents have done well ; her father became one of the first Afro-Caribbean councillors in inner London . |
| 10 | Alanson became one of the first three surgeons appointed to the Liverpool dispensary in 1778 . |
| 11 | She became one of the first women fellows in 1919 , when women were finally admitted . |
| 12 | He thus became one of the first modern land surveyors . |
| 13 | He became one of the first Whitworth scholars in 1875 and completed his education at King 's College , University of London . |
| 14 | In October 1871 she became one of the first five students at Newnham College , Cambridge , founded by Henry Sidgwick [ q.v. ] with Anne Clough [ q.v. ] , a Bulley family friend , in charge . |
| 15 | Born in what was now Inner Mongolia , Ulanhu became one of the first Mongol members of the CCP when he joined in 1925 . |
| 16 | Country Landowners Association president Lord De Ramsey became one of the first of British agriculture 's leaders to meet the new Minister . |
| 17 | He became one of the first to benefit from the plastic surgery techniques pioneered by Sir Archibald |
| 18 | One sherpa — Tensing Norgay accompanied Sir Edward Hillary and became one of the first men to climb Mt . |