Example sentences of "have become the [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | AN Edinburgh independent boys ' school has become the first in Britain to plug into the French government 's prestigious new technology learning centre . |
| 6 | A nine-year-old boy has become the youngest in history to pass an A-level in mathematics at the time of writing . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Students on the Media course at Stroud College have become the first in the country to get permission to broadcast to the public . |
| 9 | " Today our plantations here have become the finest in all the Far East ! " |