Example sentences of "launched a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has launched a five-year action plan to revitalise the River Esk and hopes the move will bring about the return of the river 's salmon fishery . |
| 2 | Baring Fund Managers , the unit trust company , has launched a year-long press campaign , which aims to inform the public of the advantages of unit trusts . |
| 3 | Amberyarn have now launched a comprehensive mail order service for their entire range of yarns , books and accessories . |
| 4 | Schroders has launched a Global Bond Fund that will only invest in high quality bonds worldwide , usually government-backed . |
| 5 | Police immediately launched a frantic hunt for Kenneth Lewis , 31 , who is serving seven years for indecent assault and threats to kill . |
| 6 | Mandeville just muttered a curse and Southgate would have launched a vitriolic attack upon the abbey if Sir Edmund had not told him to shut up and drink his wine . |
| 7 | The face of Helen of Troy is said to have launched a thousand ships , and the beauty of Cleopatra created havoc in the Roman Empire . |
| 8 | ‘ Because you have a face that might have launched a thousand ships . |
| 9 | It has launched a thousand folk tales ; and now is proving a superb model for studying the hormones that control plant growth |
| 10 | Brooks MacDonald Gayer has just launched a useful guide to the subject . |
| 11 | Friends of the Earth has launched a toxic waste campaign by naming those companies possessing permits to discharge large quantities of toxic metals down sewers . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The LTTE had launched a major assault on July 10 on the Sri Lankan government 's army base at Elephant Pass . |
| 14 | However the Open Spaces Society , though happy with the decision , have launched a major offensive on the MoD . |
| 15 | Renamo insisted on Kenyan mediation and claimed that the Frelimo government had launched a major offensive against rebel-controlled zones . |
| 16 | In January the government had launched a major offensive aimed at capturing the Karen headquarters at Manerplaw on the eastern border with Thailand [ see pp. 38725 ; 38767 ; 38815 ] . |
| 17 | These developments took place against a background of continuing clashes between government forces and UNITA , with a number of reports suggesting that the government had launched a major offensive . |
| 18 | Security force infiltration of the IRA has reached such alarming proportions that Sinn Fein have launched a major drive to stop people giving information to the police . |
| 19 | In early March Saudi Arabian companies had started trucking food into Kuwait and had launched a major refuse clearing operation . |
| 20 | The education authority says they 've launched a major recruitment drive but with the children due to start secondary school in September parents are now writing to local councils and M Ps . |
| 21 | The Iraqi authorities claimed to have launched a major reconstruction campaign in early March . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | The International Bar Association ( IBA ) Education Trust has launched a major project to promote research and education in the field of legal issues affecting works of art and cultural property . |
| 24 | Conservationists in Sri Lanka have launched a successful turtle breeding programme which has resulted in 600,000 newly-hatched turtles being released into the Indian Ocean . |
| 25 | Hutchison has already launched a successful telepoint system in Hong Kong , and compatible systems exist in Germany , France , the Netherlands and Denmark , and telepoint systems are on trial in Italy , Belgium and Portugal . |
| 26 | Unix office software company , Uniplex Ltd , based in Hemel Hempstead , Herts , England has launched a professional services division , combining existing services and support with consultancy as well as Unix and Uniplex training for resellers and end-users . |
| 27 | The Japanese education ministry has launched a five year project to produce machines that can repair themselves , thus reducing the need for human intervention . |
| 28 | The gesture followed months of escalating political violence in Sind during which the PPP had claimed that the provincial government had launched a political vendetta against its members [ see pp. 38338 ; 38393 ; 38683 ] . |
| 29 | The building group , Taylor Woodrow , has launched a joint venture with the major Japanese contractor , Mitsui Kensetsu , to develop top of the market UK residential and commercial property . |
| 30 | Primesight Fours and Baillie Advertising , the four-sheet poster contractors , have launched a joint marketing initiative for their combined sheetage . |