Example sentences of "become the first [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
| 2 | Fish began to haul themselves out of water and become the first back-boned creatures to colonise the land . |
| 3 | She and husband Corporal Gary Cooney , 23 , become the first married couple to take part . |
| 4 | Runner-up three times , Mansell finished second in the Hungarian Grand Prix — enough to clinch the world drivers ’ title and become the first British champion since James Hunt in 1976 . |
| 5 | He is understood to be siding with ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey in backing the England bid , knowing he is a leading candidate to next summer become the first non-English chairman of world cricket 's governing body . |
| 6 | It was reported on Feb. 5 that a Thai mining company had recently become the first foreign company to be awarded an offshore tin-prospecting concession in Myanma . |
| 7 | Berkeley has now become the first nuclear power station in Britain to have all its spent fuel removed . |