Example sentences of "[vb base] become the first [noun] " in BNC.

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1 President Roh Tae Woo became the first South Korean head of state to make an official trip to the Soviet Union when he arrived in Moscow on Dec. 13 at the beginning of a four-day visit .
2 Governors at Gillbrook School in South Bank hope to become the first grant maintained school in the North-East .
3 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 .
4 Misreading the clues , they head off in completely the wrong direction and manage to become the first people ever to get shipwrecked on one of the islands of Derwentwater .
5 Thanks to I have become the first DECcie to join the greatest mailing list in the world ; - ) .
6 A ROMANTIC couple have become the first Britons to wed in Disney World , Florida .
7 United have become the first team in the League to break with tradition by getting rid of fixed term contracts for their coaching staff .
8 TWO Liverpool cousins who have become the first prison visitors awarded damages after a search ordeal will have to wait for their cash , following a Home Office decision to appeal against the award .
9 ESSEX police have become the first force in the country to run a Mazda as a police car .
10 SUNDERLAND have become the first dog track to dip a tentative toe into the contentious Sunday racing pool .
11 LOUGHBOROUGH have become the first holders of the East Midlands Region Branch of the Year trophy .
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