Example sentences of "[noun prp] embarked on a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Lindford CC and Lindford & Bordon Youth CC embarked on a major fund-raising campaign and most of the £5,400 has now been collected .
2 Since previous to the revolution the majority of women had very low levels of education and , therefore , few opportunities open to them , the FMC embarked on an educational program and a rehabilitation scheme for the many women who found themselves in degrading and unrewarding situations .
3 On the strength of this , Tetley embarked on an 18-month factory retooling programme .
4 In September 1983 Habitat Mothercare embarked on a joint publishing venture with Octopus Books plc under the name of Conran Octopus Ltd .
5 Instead , during the last quarter of the nineteenth century , Britain embarked on a major expansion of formal imperial control .
6 Exceptionally resilient , Lillie embarked on a new career — as an actress .
7 With their financial backing , and some Western aid , Sudan embarked on an ambitious public investment programme focused on large-scale agriculture .
8 In March Poland embarked on a concerted effort to reduce its huge foreign governmental and commercial debts of $48,500 million .
9 On entering Queen 's College , Oxford , with a history scholarship in October 1940 , Keyes embarked on a fruitful friendship with the future winner of the Queen 's gold medal for poetry , John Heath-Stubbs .
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