Example sentences of "[verb] launched a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hillhouse International has launched a £135,000 project to protect water flowing into the River Wyre at Thornton . |
| 2 | The RSPB has launched a £400,000 appeal to finance the purchase and management of the island . |
| 3 | Birmingham Midshires has launched a debt counselling service in the form of a practical guide for home owners . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sandy Lyle has launched a Stableford competition for club golfers to raise money for the Paul O'Gorman Foundation , which raises money for children with leukaemia . |
| 6 | The UK government has launched a grant scheme to encourage the restoration of damaged hedgerows and their maintenance as wildlife havens . |
| 7 | BRITISH Rail has launched a winter sale , with cut-price deals on long-distance Saver tickets . |
| 8 | And now it has launched a Home Emergency Service to do the same for homeowners . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Palace has launched a friends association with the aim of raising funds for its ongoing restoration programme . |
| 14 | A DAIRY has launched a £1.5m campaign to halt a decline in doorstep milk deliveries . |
| 15 | A MERSEYSIDE couple has launched a £10,000 fund raising campaign as a tribute to their baby son 's short life . |
| 16 | Rank has launched a video projection system for around £10000 which will show clear bright pictures on a screen up to eight metres wide . |
| 17 | THE LOTHIAN and Borders Fire Brigade has launched a recruitment campaign to attract women into the service . |
| 18 | Darlington branch of the Friends of the Earth has launched a recruitment drive . |
| 19 | She has launched a paternity case in Los Angeles to get £5,000 a month child maintenance from the 49-year-old star . |
| 20 | ACTOR Denholm Elliott 's widow , Susan , has launched a £2m appeal for an AIDS hospice on Ibiza in her husband 's memory . |
| 21 | ICI Chlor-Chemicals has launched a Chlorine Information Service as part of its commitment to Responsible Care . |
| 22 | TOYOTA HAS launched a bargain basement £10,695 Carina E. On sale now , it is priced to undercut rivals from Ford and Vauxhall . |
| 23 | InterCity has launched a spring offer for Senior Railcard holders . |
| 24 | The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a mail order bookselling service , Planning and Environmental Books . |
| 25 | 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 ] . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | NIRVANA star Kurt Cobain has launched a £20,000 bid to beat a rare sleeping disease after falling asleep … half-way through a concert . |
| 30 | The association has launched a fighting fund and hopes to raise £50,000 to help the nuns establish another business , making Belgian chocolates . |