Example sentences of "[noun sg] have launch a " in BNC.

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1 IBM Corp has launched a version of OSF/1 , but only in the ultra low-volume mainframe version of AIX , but Groupe Bull SA is quite happy to add bits of Foundation technology to its Berkeley Unix brought up to Unix System V.3.2 level , and Hewlett-Packard Co is taking the same tack with HP-UX .
2 To get the message across that it is committed to ‘ downsizing ’ Data General Corp has launched a worldwide advertising campaign to spread the word : it hopes to zap European business travellers with the ads through CNN International .
3 Unisys Corp has launched a major new product line that is designed to integrate Unix and IBM Corp Systems Network Architecture networks across heterogeneous networking environments .
4 BRITISH Rail has launched a winter sale , with cut-price deals on long-distance Saver tickets .
5 Mitsui Computer has launched a major campaign to attract Sun 3 , Sun-386i and older Sparcstation users to upgrade to the Sparcstation 10 machines due soon , backed by what Mitsui terms an ‘ aggressive ’ pricing policy which has a ‘ no penalty ’ upgrade path to the latest Sun Microsystems machines .
6 Websters Yorkshire Bitter has launched a national Shire Horse coastal tour to help celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Lifeboat Saturday in Manchester .
7 As the document included with Council members ' papers makes clear , the Wales Tourist Board has launched a major review of its strategy for tourism in Wales .
8 With the first test against the West Indies just two days away , and after the humiliation suffered last summer at the hands of the Aussies , in regaining the ashes , the Test and County Cricket Board has launched a scheme of excellence so that the country 's test prospects can be spotted that much earlier .
9 The Japanese education ministry has launched a five year project to produce machines that can repair themselves , thus reducing the need for human intervention .
10 FORMER Irish international Eamon Dunphy has launched a blistering attack on Graham Taylor — and gone to war against a host of other top football personalities .
11 The association has launched a fighting fund and hopes to raise £50,000 to help the nuns establish another business , making Belgian chocolates .
12 The Japanese Fisheries Association has launched a £36,000 campaign aimed at persuading the US government that driftnets are not as environmentally destructive as reported by its scientists .
13 , The Thailand Bicycle Association has launched a campaign for more cycleways in the capital .
14 THE LOTHIAN and Borders Fire Brigade has launched a recruitment campaign to attract women into the service .
15 The agrochemicals industry has launched a national clean-up campaign aimed at removing toxic and obsolete pesticides from farmland .
16 An international showjumper has launched a campaign to try to reduce the number of horse thefts .
17 The Japanese goverment has launched a campaign to promote the eating of whale meat , hoping to raise public support for its call for the moratorium on whaling to be lifted at this year 's meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) in Kyoto in May .
18 In an attempt to reduce the death toll , one police force has launched a campaign to get a simple message across to cyclists — that being seen could save them from being killed .
19 It was reported on Sept. 21 , 1990 , that the Paris Club had launched a strategy offering more favourable terms for lower-middle-income countries ( defined as countries with per capita incomes of between US$700and $1,000 ) .
20 By 1960 , the American space programme had launched a number of ‘ Mercury ’ spacecraft , and the first of their manned spacecrafts was launched in the early part of 1961 , once again with the Russians just beating them to that objective .
21 A DAIRY has launched a £1.5m campaign to halt a decline in doorstep milk deliveries .
22 Daler-Rowney has launched a new , heavyweight cartridge paper , which is acid-free and available in a selection of sizes .
23 The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a mail order bookselling service , Planning and Environmental Books .
24 The State Council has launched a campaign against the ‘ Seven Evils ’ : prostitution ; pornography ; the kidnapping and sale of women and children ; the trafficking and use of drugs ; gambling ; swindling through superstitions ; and triads ( criminal societies ) .
25 Lancashire County Council has launched a new partnership initiative with ethnic minority communities aimed at providing Halal meals to Muslim elders in SSD establishments , hospitals , nursing homes , and so on .
26 The borough council has launched a customer care and quality service programme aimed at giving good service to the people who pay for and use its amenities .
27 Sellotape has launched a range of self-adhesive tapes for many fixing jobs around the house , garden and garage .
28 Caught in the middle of the rumbling European Community-US trade skirmishes , which threaten to deteriorate into all-out trade war that would benefit nobody apart from posturing politicians with abnormally over-developed egos , British Telecommunications Plc has launched a judicial review to try and escape Community legislation that restricts its ability to purchase US telecommunications equipment .
29 The World Wide Fund for Nature has launched a campaign to end the trade in rhinoceros products , against a background of reports warning of the imminent extinction of three species of the animal .
30 The group has launched a huge promotional campaign involving free meal vouchers and this is expected to boost sales to between £550m and £600m this year .
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