Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] become [art] first " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 70-year old woodland has become the first plantation forest to be declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI ) by English Nature . |
| 2 | The Northern General Hospital National Health Service Trust in Sheffield has become the first hospital in the UK to install a Fibre Distributed Data Interface network : supplied by Cray Communications Ltd , the network is intended to run between eight hospital departments . |
| 3 | Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen . |
| 4 | A BABY ostrich called Linford after the Olympic flyer has become the first of his kind to be born in Britain outside a zoo . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A village which has been hit by a big increase in crime has become the first in Britain to install video cameras on its roads . |
| 7 | In some companies reading e-mail has become the first task of the morning . |
| 8 | The new republic of Hungary has become the first eastern European government to commit to open systems and will use X/Open 's XPG brand in procurement . |
| 9 | The Institute has become the first professional institution to be registered for its headquarters administrative operations under BS 5750 . |
| 10 | Edinburgh District Council has become the first UK city authority to promote a car-pooling scheme , following the launch of a commercial venture earlier this year [ see ED 55 ] . |
| 11 | The Vale of White Horse district council has become the first to set its Poll Tax at £412 . |
| 12 | Sewell seeks to become the first coach to successfully guide a team to victory in both men 's and women 's cup finals . |
| 13 | A pilot from Wiltshire has become the first British serviceman to be decorated in Bosnia . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Reading Transport has become the first British bus company to run its buses on a fuel derived from oilseed rape . |
| 16 | The rock star Midge Ure has become the first person to give a concert at the Oxford Union . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Sharp Corp aims to become the first Japanese company to make colour liquid crystal displays overseas when it starts manufacturing its super-twisted nematic displays — the lower-cost , lower performance colour displays — at its Sharp Microelectronics Technology Inc in Camas , Washington . |
| 19 | From such an unpromising start in 1980 , BR has become the first railway in the world to provide a long-distance passengerrailway service without subsidy . |
| 20 | We have not covered the fact that Hillingdon has become the first education authority in the country to have 75% of its secondary schools opted out . |
| 21 | Steve has become the first sales manager in the branch . |
| 22 | Adele Graham from Pest Control South West has become the first female supervisor . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Herman Ouseley has become the first black chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 25 | But Ruddock is history now as Lewis attempts to become the first Briton since Bob Fitzsimmons almost a century ago to land perhaps the most cherished prize in sport . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Gwen Jones , who started here banking career in Abersoch has become the first woman in Oxfordshire to manage a National Westminster Bank branch . |
| 29 | AN Edinburgh independent boys ' school has become the first in Britain to plug into the French government 's prestigious new technology learning centre . |
| 30 | An Institute member has become the first chartered accountant to face trial on money laundering charges under the drug Trafficking Offence Act 1986 . |