Example sentences of "be set become the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 BULLIED Pacific No. 34027 TAW Valley is set to become the first steam locomotive to depart from London 's Waterloo with a passenger train in 25 years .
2 Pinnacle Data Systems Inc , one of the Sparc system manufacturers that plans to build a workstation compatible with Sun Microsystems Inc 's Mbus-based Sparcstation 10 ( UX No 392 ) , is set to become the first customer for Cypress Semiconductor Corp 's 64-bit HyperSparc RISC chip , a CPU which has garnered no discernible industry support since its launch back in May ( UX No 385 ) .
3 He is regarded as the best English player in the league and is set to become the burgeoning sport 's first pin-up boy .
4 WATER shares last night soared to a premium of more than 20 per cent on the unofficial ‘ grey market ’ as it became clear that the privatisation is set to become the biggest investor give-away since the 1987 Stock Exchange crash .
5 WATER shares last night soared to a premium of more than 20 per cent on the unofficial ‘ grey market ’ as it became clear that the privatisation is set to become the biggest investor give-away since the 1987 Stock Exchange crash .
6 Now Raymond Campbell is set to become the latest arrival .
7 The Working Dog of the Year Show is scheduled for the Sunday after the horse of the Year Show and is set to become the top spectator event in London for dog lovers .
8 LEICESTER City chairman Brian George yesterday dismissed growing speculation that former Darlington boss Brian Little was set to become the new mannager at Sunderland .
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