Example sentences of "[vb -s] become the [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herman Ouseley has become the first black chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 2 | Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG has become the first non-US company to adopt Hewlett-Packard Co 's SoftBench computer-aided software engineering environment . |
| 3 | PIONEERING Dawn Walden pictured right , has become the first female fire fighter at Courtaulds Fibres ' Grimsby plant in the UK . |
| 4 | Adele Graham from Pest Control South West has become the first female supervisor . |
| 5 | The Institute has become the first professional institution to be registered for its headquarters administrative operations under BS 5750 . |
| 6 | Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen . |
| 7 | An Institute member has become the first chartered accountant to face trial on money laundering charges under the drug Trafficking Offence Act 1986 . |
| 8 | A pilot from Wiltshire has become the first British serviceman to be decorated in Bosnia . |
| 9 | Reading Transport has become the first British bus company to run its buses on a fuel derived from oilseed rape . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Lord Hesketh , who farms 5,000 acres at Towcester Northamptonshire , has become the first honorary vice-president of the British Simmental Cattle Society . |
| 13 | In Britain local authority ( council ) housing has become the second largest sector of the housing market , holding considerable social significance in local areas . |