Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] become the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen . |
| 2 | The new republic of Hungary has become the first eastern European government to commit to open systems and will use X/Open 's XPG brand in procurement . |
| 3 | The Institute has become the first professional institution to be registered for its headquarters administrative operations under BS 5750 . |
| 4 | A pilot from Wiltshire has become the first British serviceman to be decorated in Bosnia . |
| 5 | THE Isle of Man has become the first British authority to issue plastic identity card driving licences with tamper-proof colour photographs , using a £30,000 digital imaging system developed by Hitachi and NBS Card Systems of Weybridge , Surrey . |
| 6 | Reading Transport has become the first British bus company to run its buses on a fuel derived from oilseed rape . |
| 7 | Moss Bros has become the first high street retailer to launch a privilege card that clocks up points towards discounts at the till , giving customers money off at the group 's stores and other outlets . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Adele Graham from Pest Control South West has become the first female supervisor . |
| 10 | Herman Ouseley has become the first black chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 11 | This page and View from City Road , page 31 Mitsubishi listing : Mitsubishi has became the first Japanese general trading company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange . |
| 12 | An Institute member has become the first chartered accountant to face trial on money laundering charges under the drug Trafficking Offence Act 1986 . |