Example sentences of "hope [to-vb] the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then the two , who hope to become the first men to walk 2,200 miles unsupported across Antarctica , battled on to set up a camp and radio their base . |
| 2 | Governors at Gillbrook School in South Bank hope to become the first grant maintained school in the North-East . |
| 3 | The presidium and committees were to be formed by December , and it was hoped to hold the first session of the Baltic Assembly by January 1992 . |
| 4 | The NRA hopes to have the first standards in place by the end of this year and does not foresee any complications caused by the setting up of a single environment agency . |
| 5 | GRAHAM BARROW hopes to take the first step towards a brighter future for Chester City today . |
| 6 | Mika Enberg , ICL 's TeamWare product marketing manager says ICL began seeking US partners three months ago and hopes to sign the first in three or four months . |
| 7 | Curbishley , UK intermediate 300 metres hurdles record holder with 42.91 secs , hopes to become the first in the agegroup to dip under 42 seconds . |
| 8 | Denis Healey soon saw himself in the role of bridge-builder between the West German government ( which particularly feared any decline in the credibility of nuclear deterrence ) and McNamara who hoped to avoid the first — or at least the early — use of nuclear weapons . |
| 9 | Joanne Conway , who is hoping to become the first woman for more than 20 years to win five successive titles , made a strong start at the Skate Electic British championships in Basingstoke . |
| 10 | Monaco also have six players within one yellow card of suspension as they travel to Rotterdam hoping to become the first French finalists in the Cup Winners ' Cup . |
| 11 | With a six-inch reach advantage and making better use this time of his wicked left jab , Eubank was hoping to become the first to stop Gimenez in 45 fights . |
| 12 | A SINGING Sikh is hoping to become the first Asian to be listed in the Guinness Book of Records — as a chartbuster . |
| 13 | Courtaulds Aerospace at Littleborough in the UK is hoping to become the first business in its industry to gain an award under the new Investors in People scheme which recognises training to national standards . |