Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [to-vb] the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ERS-1 is expected to return the first quantitive data on these processes at the poles . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | A SINGING Sikh is hoping to become the first Asian to be listed in the Guinness Book of Records — as a chartbuster . |
| 5 | Glasgow is planning to become the first Scottish city to ban the consumption of alcohol in the street . |