Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] launched a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Actress Brigitte Bardot has launched a campaign to have France 's 35 million dogs and cats sterilised . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | BRITISH Rail has launched a winter sale , with cut-price deals on long-distance Saver tickets . |
| 4 | DRAG racing star Ian Merryweather has launched a quest to raise funds in a bid to defend his European crown . |
| 5 | ALMOST two months into Colombia 's crackdown on the cocaine cartels , it is becoming increasingly clear that President Virgilio Barco has launched a war he can not win . |
| 6 | The Guardian newspaper , in partnership with the Royal Institute for the Blind and associates has launched a system that enables the entire editorial text of the newspaper to be transmitted nightly via Teletext on Channel 4 television 's frequencies to a personal computer , which can read the text in a synthesised voice to blind and partially sighted people : those that can afford an £8,000 Braille terminal can also read the text that way , and it can also be displayed in large print on the screen for those with poor sight ; the text is structured so that readers can scan the headlines and choose the items that interest them ; the paper will be marketed , serviced and supported by Electronic Text Networks Associates Ltd of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , a commercial venture one third owned by the Guardian and the charity ; the other shareholders , each with a third share , are Aptech Ltd , which specialises in computer aids for disabled people , and Intelligent Research Ltd , which made the hardware for the system ; the decoder board for the personal computer is £400 , plus about £500 for a speech synthesizer ; the annual subscription to the electronic paper is £160 and the partners hope that other papers will decide to go onto the system . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | , The Thailand Bicycle Association has launched a campaign for more cycleways in the capital . |
| 9 | The association has launched a fighting fund and hopes to raise £50,000 to help the nuns establish another business , making Belgian chocolates . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | THE LOTHIAN and Borders Fire Brigade has launched a recruitment campaign to attract women into the service . |
| 12 | The Cray Communications Ltd arm of Cray Electronics ( Holdings ) Plc , Newbury , Berkshire has launched a series of new products , including a series of multifunctional terminal servers which the company claims can integrate virtually all host environments in a single network . |
| 13 | InterCity has launched a spring offer for Senior Railcard holders . |
| 14 | An international showjumper has launched a campaign to try to reduce the number of horse thefts . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Conran had launched a business empire that was eventually to employ thirty-three thousand people . |
| 20 | Navajo Indians in Arizona have launched a campaign against mining activities which they claim are polluting water supplies , interfering with sacred sites and threatening local sheep farmers with coal dust poisoning . |
| 21 | TOYOTA HAS launched a bargain basement £10,695 Carina E. On sale now , it is priced to undercut rivals from Ford and Vauxhall . |
| 22 | A DAIRY has launched a £1.5m campaign to halt a decline in doorstep milk deliveries . |
| 23 | GORDON Turner has launched a search for the pal he has not seen for forty years . |
| 24 | RETIRED Gordon Turner has launched a search for the best pal he has n't seen in 40 years . |
| 25 | Cementone Beaver has launched a range of water-based woodcare treatments , which incorporate ‘ micro-emulsion ’ technology . |
| 26 | The HSC has launched a competition for hospitals on the new guidance , set to coincide with Workplace Health and Safety Week , from November 23 to 27 . |
| 27 | The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a mail order bookselling service , Planning and Environmental Books . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | Sellotape has launched a range of self-adhesive tapes for many fixing jobs around the house , garden and garage . |