Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] become [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | LOTHIAN schools may become the first in the country to introduce a blanket ban on staffroom smoking . |
| 2 | Northamptonshire will become the first official touring team to play in South Africa when their pre-season tour starts in Natal on March 24 . |
| 3 | The government of the Republic of Hungary will become the first East European administration to adopt an open system strategy across the board , saying it intends to use X/Open Group Co Ltd 's XPG brand in procurement and is to join X/Open 's user council : a government action plan on information technology has been put togther with the assistance of the European Commission and individual national governments within the EEC . |
| 4 | If suitable offers are received for the work being put out to tender today , Scotland will become the first country in the world with a fully-integrated national road management system using electronic roadside signs to warn and divert drivers on major routes and new , in-car navigation systems to beat urban traffic problems . |
| 5 | AT LEAST three records will be established in today 's 138th University Boat Race — Cambridge 's Dirk Bangert will become the first German to row in the race , Andy Probert , their 38-year-old cox , will be the oldest ever competitor and Oxford 's Boris Mavra will be the first Yugoslav Blue . |
| 6 | LLANELLI will become the first Welsh club to earn match receipts of £100,000 when the Heineken League leaders take on champions Swansea today . |
| 7 | Wiltshire could become the first county in Britain to ban foxhunting on county council land . |
| 8 | Sir : Just before John Paul II was elected there was speculation that Cardinal Hume could become the first non-Italian Pope for several centuries . |
| 9 | It is possible that by the mid-1990s — barring a few suburban services — Canada will become the first industrialised country to abolish passenger trains completely . |
| 10 | This sawn surface will become the first face of the section , and it is lapped with paraffin oil and 600F Carborundum on the precision lapping machine . |
| 11 | CHATAM can become the first horse since the great Arkle 27 years ago to land the Hennessy for a second successive year . |
| 12 | Orion 's plans have caused consternation among Intelsat officials , who are worried that the craft could become the first of many operated by private companies to ‘ cream off ’ traffic from the lucrative telecommunications route between North America and Europe . |
| 13 | The Bristol and West will become the first building society in Britain to use customer profiles to determine interest rates when the scheme is introduced in the middle of next year . |