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

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1 SOFFEX has also entered the fray by launching a euro-Swiss franc interest rate contract in competition with LIFFE 's equivalent product .
2 NMW is launching a new award for the silliest job title in Britain ‘ to demonstrate the degree to which posing has penetrated many companies , at the cost of performance ’ .
3 They carved the longest bulletins on television into the news show we HAD to watch , launching a new genre of reporting after the stuffed-shirt formality of the BBC .
4 The Midland Railway Centre is launching a new venture in Ripley by opening its own shop , and booking office .
5 The enormous risks and start-up costs of launching a new daily from scratch prevented anyone trying , until new technology and a successful challenge to the strength of the trade unions transformed Fleet Street economics in the mid-1980s — making ‘ Fleet Street ’ itself an archaic term , since the construction of production plant elsewhere , notably Wapping , was part of the process .
6 CND is launching a new campaign as part of our overall goal of a nuclear-free world .
7 They say it 's intended to encourage drinking in hot weather , just as the Government is launching a new campaign against summer drink driving .
8 And Porsche was launching a new generation of rear-engined sports cars — the 911 .
9 However heartless and unfair this may seem to human eyes , the end result is more likely to achieve the parent owl 's purpose of successfully launching a new generation .
10 For example , launching a new perfume worldwide now costs an extravagant $50m .
11 The Company will soon be launching a new video collection — for further info call the GRH Education Press Office on
12 As Account Director for the client 's advertising agency , responsible for developing a proposed Advertising Strategy document , prepare a list of the information you would require for launching a new range of hair products .
13 The Pompidou Centre 's Musée National de l'art Moderne and its Centre de Création Industrielle are launching a new project under the title Revue virtuelle which will be devoted to the interraction of art and computer technology .
14 It is also launching a new series called Wisley Companions , the intention of which is to collect information from a variety of Wisley Handbooks and compact it into a smaller number of volumes .
15 That Porsche can show so little imagination when launching a new model is a corollary both of the popularity of the old 911 ( the only model unaffected by Porsche 's recent slump in sales worldwide ) , and of the conservatism at the top of the Stuttgart company .
16 Of course , there is some justification for this : competition is intense and the Nigerian public 's purchasing power low , and so returns may be higher from launching a new product in a different market .
17 It could be a flatter of setting up a new plant , opening a new market , launching a new product or turning around a failing company that has been acquired .
18 Almondsbury , Bristol-based virtual reality developer Division Ltd is looking to expand into the mainstream by launching a new version of its dVS software for Silicon Graphics Inc workstations : prices start at £5,000 for basic networkable two-dimensional virtual modelling systems that run on Indigo machines ; virtual reality helmets can be added to larger host machines for fully immersive virtual reality applications ; Division is expecting to announce dVS for the RS/6000 soon , paving the way for an open systems Unix System V version .
19 Yesterday the Home Office and the police force acknowledged that by launching a new code of ethics .
20 Daley Thompson is launching a new career in the fast lane at the Silverstone Race Track .
21 TODAY The Scotsman , together with EuroInfo Centre , is launching a new information service Doing Business in Europe for business readers to help them to exploit the single market .
22 ESSEX Training and Enterprise Council is launching a new initiative which it hopes will provide a kick-start for the county 's manufacturing sector .
23 ENO too is launching a new Opera Studio — placing special emphasis on the collaboration between writer and composer ( and are also desperately seeking a sponsor ! ) .
24 ( 30 ) But launching a new cigarette in today 's climate of disapproval requires finesse .
25 Against this background , Citroen is launching a new executive car , the XM .
26 Middlesbrough Council is launching a bin-bag blitz on residents who cause health hazards by putting out refuse sacks before collection day .
27 Alcatel Network Systems UK Ltd says it is launching a mobile communications system for UK freight services to link vehicles via satellite to their home base using its Euteltracs mobile system which provides two-way text communications between a mobile unit and its base , and position tracking and group messaging ; the service is similar to electronic mail and airtime costs are similar to cellular phone costs ; a mobile kit comprising antenna , the communications unit and keyboard should sell for £4,000 ; the system uses Qualcomm Inc 's technology .
28 TWO of Britain 's biggest unit trust groups , Henderson Unit Trust Management and Gartmore Investment Management , are launching a joint company to handle the administration of their funds .
29 Sunday 's announcement at MIP-TV in Cannes that BBCE is instead launching a joint subscription satellite television channel with Thames TV , means BSkyB will no longer be supplied with BBC archive programmes .
30 However , GEC returned to the fray in November 1988 , launching a joint bid for Plessey with Siemens of West Germany , which valued Plessey at £1.7 billion .
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