Example sentences of "[noun] had launched a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Conran had launched a business empire that was eventually to employ thirty-three thousand people . |
| 4 | On Aug. 7 it was announced that the United Arab Emirates had launched a programme to strengthen its armed forces ( which numbered 40,000 before the 1990-91 Gulf war crisis ) and replace its component of Arab and non-Arab expatriates with UAE nationals . |
| 5 | ( In 1981 Israel had launched a surprise air attack on Iraq 's Osirak nuclear reactor site — see p. 31908 . ) |
| 6 | In what was widely seen as an attempt to draw Israel into the conflict , Iraq had launched a number of missile attacks on Tel Aviv and Haifa [ see pp. 37936-37 ; 37984 ] . |
| 7 | The Germans had launched a counter-offensive against the Allied bridgehead at Anzio and air support , against enemy troop concentration and lines of communication , became vital in preventing loss of the bridgehead. 223 Squadron moved from Foggia to Biferno/Campomarino to join 3 ( South African Air Force ) Wing on March 13 and after one day to settle in to the new surroundings was tasked against the San Benedetto marshalling yards . |
| 8 | SHELTER had launched a campaign to end the use of bed and breakfast hotels for temporary housing after official figures for England showed a 41pc drop from 11,280 to 6,650 in the number of households in B&B accommodation for the year ending June . |
| 9 | Brewers had launched a lot of nablab ale brands with very little support but wide distribution through tied estates . |
| 10 | In September supporters of the radical Vishwa Hindi Parishad had launched a march to Ayodhya to begin construction of a Hindu temple on the grounds of the disused Moslem mosque there . |