Example sentences of "[verb] become [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of the region 's police forces has become the first in the country to use mobile cameras in an effort to trap speeding drivers . |
| 32 | An Oxford priest has become the first in the country to announce he 'll leave the Church of England following the vote to ordain women priests . |
| 33 | Lady Martin Fitzalan-Howard of Brockfield Hall , Warthill , near York , has become the first woman to be appointed High Steward of Selby Abbey since it was founded in 1069 . |
| 34 | Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen . |
| 35 | Peterlee-based TRW REPA has become the first company in County Durham to be recognised as Investors in People , a training benchmark , by the County Durham Training and Enterprise Council . |
| 36 | AN Edinburgh independent boys ' school has become the first in Britain to plug into the French government 's prestigious new technology learning centre . |
| 37 | Gwen Jones , who started here banking career in Abersoch has become the first woman in Oxfordshire to manage a National Westminster Bank branch . |
| 38 | Lord Hesketh , who farms 5,000 acres at Towcester Northamptonshire , has become the first honorary vice-president of the British Simmental Cattle Society . |
| 39 | PIONEERING Dawn Walden pictured right , has become the first female fire fighter at Courtaulds Fibres ' Grimsby plant in the UK . |
| 40 | The Vale of White Horse district council has become the first to set its Poll Tax at £412 . |
| 41 | The Pacific has become the twentieth century 's fountain of youth . ’ |
| 42 | Waltham Forest health authority , which includes Mr Norman Tebbit 's Chingford constituency , in Essex , has become the second health authority to call for an end to the dispute by either negotiation or arbitration . |
| 43 | In Britain local authority ( council ) housing has become the second largest sector of the housing market , holding considerable social significance in local areas . |
| 44 | They coincide with news that Gosforth First School in Newcastle has become the second school in the country to ask parents to pay £30 each to cover a £9,000 shortfall in the budget . |
| 45 | ‘ Evil ’ has become the last refuge of the latter 's apologists and scoundrels , like the education minister , John Patten . |
| 46 | This page and View from City Road , page 31 Mitsubishi listing : Mitsubishi has became the first Japanese general trading company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange . |
| 47 | Paul has an enviable record in both his sales and sales training performance , and he is endeavouring to become the fourth Fellow of the Professional Sales Guild . |
| 48 | But he wants to become the first man to do it all the way across . |
| 49 | Couples wants to become the third golfer behind Jack Nicklaus and Faldo to successfuly defend the Masters but his top priority is the Open Championship at Royal St Georges . |
| 50 | Yamaichi is expected to become the 20th market-maker this summer ; it has recruited two of S.G. Warburg 's best analysts . |
| 51 | HEINZ FREI , the world record-holder from Switzerland , is expected to become the fourth foreign winner in five years of the BSAD-ADT London Wheelchair marathon tomorrow . |
| 52 | Miss Boothroyd is seeking to become the first woman speaker . |
| 53 | And if there were n't enough Mansoori boys of the right age for Mansoori girls then the answer was either spinsterhood or a long wait to become the second wife of an older man . |
| 54 | And , at the start of the 1940s , a baseball administrator named Branch Rickey began his search for the man destined to become the first black player in a white team . |
| 55 | LA now plans to become the first conurbation in the world to grapple comprehensively with the most pressing international problem of the next century : how to remain prosperous without choking to death . |
| 56 | There was a long silence , during which the noise on the line seemed to become a third party in their conversation . |
| 57 | 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 . |
| 58 | Governors at Gillbrook School in South Bank hope to become the first grant maintained school in the North-East . |
| 59 | Only Fontwell survived but the course must pass a 7.30am inspection if it is to avoid becoming the 27th casualty of the season . |
| 60 | Cool Ground , set to carry top-weight of 12st , would be attempting to become the first since Burrough Hill Lad in 1984 to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Hennessy in the same year . |