Example sentences of "be [verb] to become the first [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If the plan proceeds , then Dangerfield is set to become the first significant tourist facility to commemorate the history of textile manufacturing in the Borders .
2 The bank is planning a European and American roadshow on April 28 and is negotiating to become the first Portuguese company with a full overseas listing on one of the American stock exchanges .
3 A SINGING Sikh is hoping to become the first Asian to be listed in the Guinness Book of Records — as a chartbuster .
4 Glasgow is planning to become the first Scottish city to ban the consumption of alcohol in the street .
5 In Britain it was the face of William Shakespeare that had been chosen to become the first hologramic image used on credit cards .
6 The years in east London had given him an insight into the restricted lives of inner-city youth and when , in 1930 , he was invited to become the first national secretary of the newly formed Youth Hostels Association , he readily accepted .
7 The veteran Shankill councillor was set to become the first outgoing Lord Mayor in Belfast 's history not to be re-elected .
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