Example sentences of "becoming the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In becoming the first country to shun the Springboks , the Welsh not only turned about face from their decision of five years ago , but also brought the advent of a professional rugby circus in the Republic that bit closer . |
| 2 | On Friday he played the match of his life to beat the defending champion , Jahangir Khan , in five games , and at 6-0 up in the final game on Saturday he was not far from becoming the first player to beat both Khans in the same tournament . |
| 3 | MEGIDDO , Israel ( Reuter ) — A Syrian air force major yesterday landed a Soviet-made MiG-23 fighter in Israel and an army statement said he requested political asylum , becoming the first Arab airman to do so in more than 20 years . |
| 4 | DURHAM WASPS ' dream of becoming the first British League team to win a European game abroad ended in a 10-1 defeat here last night after Robert Herckerrath had opened the scoring for Gunco Pandas of Rotterdam in the second minute . |
| 5 | De Freitas and Small were extremely economical and there were only nine balls left when the total was passed , but with Richards on song — and becoming the first man to score 5,000 runs in one-day internationals — only four wickets went down . |
| 6 | Davies the rugby player captained Cambridge to a 17–11 victory over Oxford in his fourth Varsity match last December and is almost certainly creating history by becoming the first to earn a rugby-soccer double Blue in the same season . |
| 7 | Middlesboro 1 , Watford 2 WATFORD enhanced their impressive away record by becoming the first team to win at Middlesbrough 's Ayresome Park in the League this season , writes Ian Whittell . |
| 8 | Neil Jenkins , the Wales and Pontypridd outside-half , contributed 19 points as his team 's 35–15 win ended Cardiff HSOB 's hopes of becoming the first junior club to reach the semi-finals . |
| 9 | In becoming the first trainer to reach that unlikely statistic , Pipe qualifies as a consummate organiser , supreme in attracting owners to send horses to his prolific winner-making factory . |
| 10 | Il Moro won , becoming the first challenger to claim a finals place , while Nippon 's loss to New Zealand made her the first to be eliminated . |
| 11 | He stood four under par for his first 11 holes , becoming the first to break 70 with a 69 . |
| 12 | Couples 's task was made all the easier by a sad collapse of Craig Parry , who had led after three rounds but flinched , it seemed , from the prospect of becoming the first Australian to win the Masters . |
| 13 | Earlier , in May 1939 , No 602 ( City of Glasgow ) Squadron received its first spitfire , also becoming the first Auxiliary Unit in Britain to be equipped with the new 1000 H.P. 8-gun interceptors . |
| 14 | By the time Henley was opened Braid had already won the Open Championship four times and went on to win again in 1910 so becoming the first golfer to win five times . |
| 15 | According to the newspaper La Nacion , Delia Adela Guevara de Palazzo missed becoming the first victim of space debris by 2 metres when a 1.5 kilogram fragment of the space station landed in her back garden . |
| 16 | Perhaps she was more fiery in the days of her youth , when her agitation and organized campaigns resulted in Manitoba becoming the first Canadian province to grant the franchise to women . |
| 17 | His footballing skills were obviously allied to a questionable temperament , and in January 1985 Frank McAvennie lived up to his immense promise , becoming the first Scottish footballer to be sent off in a Premier league match for giving a ‘ V ’ sign to the opposing fans . |
| 18 | He lost , thereby achieving the distinction of becoming the first person in history who could be proved to have failed his degree . |
| 19 | The development of its taste for small water creatures as a main ingredient in its omnivorous diet may be similar to the trend that occurred in our own ancient ancestors during the intermediate stage on the way to becoming the first hunting primates . |
| 20 | The South Wales Cricket Association XI came within a raindrop of becoming the first British team to meet South Africa during their tour of Australia and New Zealand . |
| 21 | A TEACHER made legal history yesterday by becoming the first person to win damages for so-called yuppie flu . |
| 22 | SOUTH AFRICA 'S David Frost yesterday made history by becoming the first golfer to win the Million Dollar Challenge three times . |
| 23 | The police and the courts should be the last resort for handling football indiscipline and we are reaching the stage where they are becoming the first . |
| 24 | He also wrote himself into the history books by becoming the first player to compile three total clearances in a match . |
| 25 | With a major breakthrough in America beckoning , they look well on the way to becoming the first stadium techno band . |
| 26 | Style mogul Simon Forbes from Antenna made history in October by becoming the first hairdresser to appear on the Wogan show . |
| 27 | For the players of Torpedo Moscow will not only be fighting for the honour of becoming the first side to beat Manchester United in a European tie at Old Trafford . |
| 28 | So I 'm impressed by Marie Radcliffe 's wonderful effort in becoming the first woman to win the Parachute Regiment 's red beret . |
| 29 | A few weeks later he was transferred to Newcastle United for a fee of £90,000 , becoming the first player to be signed up by soccer legend Keegan as new manager of the First Division club . |
| 30 | Interestingly , he remained in sport , becoming the first black professional footballer when he signed on as goalkeeper for Preston North End . |