Example sentences of "have become the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herman Ouseley has become the first black chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 2 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG has become the first non-US company to adopt Hewlett-Packard Co 's SoftBench computer-aided software engineering environment . |
| 3 | PIONEERING Dawn Walden pictured right , has become the first female fire fighter at Courtaulds Fibres ' Grimsby plant in the UK . |
| 4 | Adele Graham from Pest Control South West has become the first female supervisor . |
| 5 | The Institute has become the first professional institution to be registered for its headquarters administrative operations under BS 5750 . |
| 6 | Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen . |
| 7 | An Institute member has become the first chartered accountant to face trial on money laundering charges under the drug Trafficking Offence Act 1986 . |
| 8 | A pilot from Wiltshire has become the first British serviceman to be decorated in Bosnia . |
| 9 | Reading Transport has become the first British bus company to run its buses on a fuel derived from oilseed rape . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Lord Hesketh , who farms 5,000 acres at Towcester Northamptonshire , has become the first honorary vice-president of the British Simmental Cattle Society . |
| 13 | In Britain local authority ( council ) housing has become the second largest sector of the housing market , holding considerable social significance in local areas . |
| 14 | Mark is believed to have become the first blind presenter to host his own radio show when he took to the airwaves at BBC Radio Cleveland yesterday . |
| 15 | In the week before the visit , Keating had become the first Prime Minister to suggest that Australia drop the Union Flag device from its own , further fuelling public debate between republicans and monarchists about Australia 's status . |
| 16 | In contesting the run-off , Young had become the first black candidate to progress beyond the primary stage of the electoral process for any state-wide office within the state of Georgia . |
| 17 | In the mayoral elections in Rio de Janeiro , César Maia of the PMDB defeated Benedia da Silva of the PT , who in 1987 had become the first black woman member of the Congress . |
| 18 | Estonia ( not a CIS member ) had become the first ex-Soviet republic to replace the rouble by its own currency [ see p. 38971 ] . |
| 19 | On March 31 it was announced that the Katowice Commercial and Credit Bank had become the first Polish bank to go bankrupt . |
| 20 | Iraq eventually announced on Aug. 28 that Kuwait had become the 19th Iraqi governorate ( liwa ) . |
| 21 | It was reported on Aug. 19 that the Swedish bank Forex had become the second foreign bank to buy and sell kroons , following the Lithuanian bank Litimpex 's decision to do so in June . |
| 22 | It is the national insurance contributions that have become the second largest element , with 17 per cent of the total . |