Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] become the first " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen .
3 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 .
4 Sewell seeks to become the first coach to successfully guide a team to victory in both men 's and women 's cup finals .
5 A pilot from Wiltshire has become the first British serviceman to be decorated in Bosnia .
6 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 .
7 The rock star Midge Ure has become the first person to give a concert at the Oxford Union .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Steve has become the first sales manager in the branch .
11 Adele Graham from Pest Control South West has become the first female supervisor .
12 Herman Ouseley has become the first black chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Gwen Jones , who started here banking career in Abersoch has become the first woman in Oxfordshire to manage a National Westminster Bank branch .
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