Example sentences of "have become the first [adj] " 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 Adele Graham from Pest Control South West has become the first female supervisor .
4 PIONEERING Dawn Walden pictured right , has become the first female fire fighter at Courtaulds Fibres ' Grimsby plant in the UK .
5 The Institute has become the first professional institution to be registered for its headquarters administrative operations under BS 5750 .
6 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 .
7 Middlesbrough has become the first local authority in Cleveland to approve a proposed licensing scheme for doormen .
8 An Institute member has become the first chartered accountant to face trial on money laundering charges under the drug Trafficking Offence Act 1986 .
9 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 .
10 Reading Transport has become the first British bus company to run its buses on a fuel derived from oilseed rape .
11 A pilot from Wiltshire has become the first British serviceman to be decorated in Bosnia .
12 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 .
13 Lord Hesketh , who farms 5,000 acres at Towcester Northamptonshire , has become the first honorary vice-president of the British Simmental Cattle Society .
14 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 .
15 By now John should have become the first 40-year-old to break four minutes for the mile .
16 Mark is believed to have become the first blind presenter to host his own radio show when he took to the airwaves at BBC Radio Cleveland yesterday .
17 In the week before the visit , Keating had become the first Prime Minister to suggest that Australia drop the Union Flag device from its own , further fuelling public debate between republicans and monarchists about Australia 's status .
18 In contesting the run-off , Young had become the first black candidate to progress beyond the primary stage of the electoral process for any state-wide office within the state of Georgia .
19 In the mayoral elections in Rio de Janeiro , César Maia of the PMDB defeated Benedia da Silva of the PT , who in 1987 had become the first black woman member of the Congress .
20 Estonia ( not a CIS member ) had become the first ex-Soviet republic to replace the rouble by its own currency [ see p. 38971 ] .
21 On March 31 it was announced that the Katowice Commercial and Credit Bank had become the first Polish bank to go bankrupt .
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