Example sentences of "[verb] launched a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) has launched a campaign to promote the environmental benefits of reusable packaging . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) has launched a campaign to save Europe 's most endangered mammal — the Saimaa ringed seal . |
| 4 | One of Britain 's biggest foxhunts has launched a campaign to stop the sport being outlawed . |
| 5 | One of Britain 's biggest foxhunts has launched a campaign to stop the sport being outlawed . |
| 6 | On their behalf , a local radio station has launched a campaign to keep him at the County Ground . |
| 7 | The Netherlands Transport Minister , Hanja Maij-Weggen , has launched a campaign to reduce drastically the country 's dependence on the car . |
| 8 | Atlantik-Brücke , an outfit that fosters German-American ties , has launched a campaign to help families in Germany of allied servicemen sent to the Gulf . |
| 9 | The Department of the Environment has launched a campaign to make industry aware of its responsibilities under the new " duty of care " for waste , which comes into operation on 1 April . |
| 10 | A FARMER has launched a campaign to make children ‘ think green ’ and learn about the countryside and environment . |
| 11 | As part of its contribution to " Helping the Earth Week " ( 17-23 October ) , the UK Department of the Environment has launched a campaign to encourage householders to improve energy efficiency in the home and thereby to make a contribution to reducing global warming . |
| 12 | Actress Brigitte Bardot has launched a campaign to have France 's 35 million dogs and cats sterilised . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | An international showjumper has launched a campaign to try to reduce the number of horse thefts . |
| 15 | The World Wide Fund for Nature has launched a campaign to end the trade in rhinoceros products , against a background of reports warning of the imminent extinction of three species of the animal . |
| 16 | Richard Lutwyche , who 's Secretary of the Gloucestershire Old Spot breeders Club , has launched a firm to market rare breed products . |
| 17 | DRAG racing star Ian Merryweather has launched a quest to raise funds in a bid to defend his European crown . |
| 18 | The University of Strathclyde has launched a search to find alumni who took the Diploma of the Royal Technical College , the Associateship of the Royal College of Science and Technology , or attended any of the wide range of evening and day release courses at the Commercial College . |
| 19 | THE French government has launched a programme to set up a nationwide telecommunications research network , in an effort to catch up with Britain 's JANET system and Germany 's DFN . |
| 20 | The National Rivers Authority has launched a programme to save some of England 's disappearing rivers , including those that , during summer months , shrink to become dry gullies . |
| 21 | C&P business Katalco has launched a programme to recycle the whole of its catalyst range . |
| 22 | The Countryside Commission has launched a programme to restore 400 miles of hedgerows in England . |
| 23 | THE United States military is sending thousands of troops to Kismayu after reports that a warlord , Omar Jess , may have launched a push to recapture the southern Somali port . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The R S P C A have to pick up the pieces and they 've launched a campaign to try and stop it and joining me now is Alan . |
| 27 | They 've launched a campaign to make young people and their parents more aware of the dangers of drugs like ecstasy . |
| 28 | English Nature have launched a plan to boost the numbers of dormice around the country . |
| 29 | Greek environmentalists have launched a campaign to halt the planned diversion of the country 's largest river , under EC-funded scheme which they warn will have disastrous environmental consequences . |
| 30 | Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have launched a campaign to persuade the British government to increase its target for the generation of electricity from renewable resources . |