Example sentences of "to become the first [adj] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharp Corp aims to become the first Japanese company to make colour liquid crystal displays overseas when it starts manufacturing its super-twisted nematic displays — the lower-cost , lower performance colour displays — at its Sharp Microelectronics Technology Inc in Camas , Washington . |
| 2 | An Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman announced on Jan. 12 that the French government had declared its intention to become the first western government to reopen its embassy in Kabul . |
| 3 | Last to putt , Treleaven sent his 14-footer into the cup to become the first Hampshire-born player to win the Salver and the first home county champion since Ian Gray in 1982 . |
| 4 | Thus , not only will the Cavalier beat the Mondeo to become the first medium-sized saloon to boast one as standard but it will , Vauxhall stressed , have the bigger ( and by implication , better ) US-style bag rather than the smaller ( and , by implication , less effective ) Eurobag . |
| 5 | Surrey County Council is to become the first local authority to sign the Peatland Protection Charter , and to commit itself to the phasing out of the use of peat in the council 's public parks , gardens and other landscaping activities . |
| 6 | An impressive 2-0 win over Everton left the watching Germans in no doubt that Leeds are in the mood to become the first British team to win a European tie from 3-0 down . |
| 7 | Kate and Tom Ballard will be four and six respectively by the time their mother , Alison Hargreaves , attempts to become the first British woman to ascend Everest ; by next August they should be used to life in the British Mount Everest Medical Expedition base camp . |
| 8 | Tom ( left ) will be six and Kate ( right ) four by the time next year when Alison , as part of the British Mount Everest Medical Expedition , attempts to become the first British woman to ascend Everest . |
| 9 | The bad weather has also forced Rebecca Stephens to delay her attempt to become the first British woman to climb Everest . |
| 10 | Doumen would love to become the first French trainer to accomplish that remarkable double . |
| 11 | Glasgow is planning to become the first Scottish city to ban the consumption of alcohol in the street . |