Example sentences of "[verb] launched a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birmingham Midshires has launched a debt counselling service in the form of a practical guide for home owners . |
| 2 | Slough , Berkshire-based T IS Ltd has launched a telephone call logging system aimed specifically at UK local authorities : dubbed Genesis MX , the system is claimed to produce cost centre recharge reports and time-to-answer reports in line with Citizen 's Charter recommendations ; personal computer-based , the product is also claimed to provide flexible recharge reports ( allowing for cross-billing of departments ) which can be linked to micro and mainframe systems for automatic accounting ; no word yet on list price , but T IS is also introducing a rental scheme for the system . |
| 3 | The UK government has launched a grant scheme to encourage the restoration of damaged hedgerows and their maintenance as wildlife havens . |
| 4 | BRITISH Rail has launched a winter sale , with cut-price deals on long-distance Saver tickets . |
| 5 | And now it has launched a Home Emergency Service to do the same for homeowners . |
| 6 | UK firm Object Designers Ltd , Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire , has launched a sister company — Object Trainers Ltd — geared to providing courses on all types of object technology across Europe . |
| 7 | UK firm Object Designers Ltd , Henley-on-Thames , Oxford shire , has launched a sister company — Object Trainers Ltd — geared to providing courses on all types of object technology across Europe . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A large mining company operating in Western Australia , the Alcoa corporation , has launched a land care programme centred around tree-planting in an effort to combat salination . |
| 10 | Rank has launched a video projection system for around £10000 which will show clear bright pictures on a screen up to eight metres wide . |
| 11 | THE LOTHIAN and Borders Fire Brigade has launched a recruitment campaign to attract women into the service . |
| 12 | Darlington branch of the Friends of the Earth has launched a recruitment drive . |
| 13 | She has launched a paternity case in Los Angeles to get £5,000 a month child maintenance from the 49-year-old star . |
| 14 | ICI Chlor-Chemicals has launched a Chlorine Information Service as part of its commitment to Responsible Care . |
| 15 | TOYOTA HAS launched a bargain basement £10,695 Carina E. On sale now , it is priced to undercut rivals from Ford and Vauxhall . |
| 16 | InterCity has launched a spring offer for Senior Railcard holders . |
| 17 | The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a mail order bookselling service , Planning and Environmental Books . |
| 18 | The French government has launched a research programme to map the spread of the algae and to find ways of destroying them [ see ED 56 ] . |
| 19 | The UK Environment Secretary , John Gummer , has launched a consultation paper on how the country might move towards sustainability as envisaged at the Rio summit . |
| 20 | Vodafone Group Plc 's Vodata Ltd has launched a facsimile broadcast service , Vodafax Broadcast : users load information onto a personal computer or facsimile machine and send it to their unique number : information is automatically distributed to a predefined list of recipients , either immediately or at a pre-set time ; there is a £25 connection charge , a £10 monthly charge for the first distribution list and a £5 monthly charge for subsequent lists ; distribution costs from 10p to 14p per minute per recipient . |
| 21 | The association has launched a fighting fund and hopes to raise £50,000 to help the nuns establish another business , making Belgian chocolates . |
| 22 | HAMBROS BANK has launched an interest-rate fixing product which is likely to intensify competition in the market for hedging exposure to the fluctuating cost of money . |
| 23 | Henderson Financial Management has launched an Investment Trust Equity PEP which will invest in Lowland Investment Company plc plus a selection of five quality UK companies . |
| 24 | Believing that the market has already made its correction and that the present level for works of quality by the leading artists looks attractive , C&M Arts has launched an investment fund . |
| 25 | The British government has launched an advertising campaign to persuade householders to use less electricity and heating fuel as their contribution to reducing global warming . |
| 26 | LABOUR in Darlington has launched an advertising campaign on Darlington Transport Company buses to get its message across . |
| 27 | Locomotive Software has launched an entry level version of its popular LocoScript word processing package which is designed to get first time PC users up and running quickly and at minimum cost . |
| 28 | ( In 1981 Israel had launched a surprise air attack on Iraq 's Osirak nuclear reactor site — see p. 31908 . ) |
| 29 | Bruce meanwhile had launched a lightning raid into north-west England , and after burning Lancaster he crossed into the North Riding of Yorkshire and almost succeeded in capturing Edward himself near Byland Abbey , This humiliation of the king proved too much for Andrew Harclay , whose support had been of crucial importance at Boroughbridge and who had been raised to the earldom of Carlisle a few days after the battle . |
| 30 | Conran had launched a business empire that was eventually to employ thirty-three thousand people . |