Example sentences of "[verb] become the first [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KPMG Peat Marwick Midland Region has become the first of the Big Six firms ' practices to gain the Investors in People award . |
| 2 | A BABY ostrich called Linford after the Olympic flyer has become the first of his kind to be born in Britain outside a zoo . |
| 3 | A CHILD with a rare inherited disease that affects the immune system has become the first in the world to receive an advanced form of gene therapy . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | AN Edinburgh independent boys ' school has become the first in Britain to plug into the French government 's prestigious new technology learning centre . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Curbishley , UK intermediate 300 metres hurdles record holder with 42.91 secs , hopes to become the first in the agegroup to dip under 42 seconds . |
| 10 | PARENTS at a small church primary in Dunblane yesterday voted to become the first in Scotland to take over the running of their school . |
| 11 | Shetland 's rabbits have become the first in history to evolve without tails , after a bounty of 25p was offered for every tail that hunters could produce . |
| 12 | Students on the Media course at Stroud College have become the first in the country to get permission to broadcast to the public . |