Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] launched a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | BRITISH Rail has launched a winter sale , with cut-price deals on long-distance Saver tickets . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | , The Thailand Bicycle Association has launched a campaign for more cycleways in the capital . |
| 5 | The association has launched a fighting fund and hopes to raise £50,000 to help the nuns establish another business , making Belgian chocolates . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | THE LOTHIAN and Borders Fire Brigade has launched a recruitment campaign to attract women into the service . |
| 8 | An international showjumper has launched a campaign to try to reduce the number of horse thefts . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | A DAIRY has launched a £1.5m campaign to halt a decline in doorstep milk deliveries . |
| 14 | The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a mail order bookselling service , Planning and Environmental Books . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Sellotape has launched a range of self-adhesive tapes for many fixing jobs around the house , garden and garage . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Members of the Brown Trout pub team have launched a fund raising drive to help finance the trip , which will be the first official visit by an adult soccer team . |
| 20 | English Nature have launched a plan to boost the numbers of dormice around the country . |
| 21 | The parents of a young woman killed in a car accident have launched a road safety competition in memory of their daughter . |
| 22 | The International Council for Bird Preservation has launched a campaign for the withdrawal of the funding , and for the designation of the steppes as Environmentally Sensitive Areas . |
| 23 | On their behalf , a local radio station has launched a campaign to keep him at the County Ground . |
| 24 | NIRVANA star Kurt Cobain has launched a £20,000 bid to beat a rare sleeping disease after falling asleep … half-way through a concert . |
| 25 | THE province 's largest independent advice charity has launched a lottery in east Belfast to help raise funds . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | The Countryside Commission has launched a programme to restore 400 miles of hedgerows in England . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Rank has launched a video projection system for around £10000 which will show clear bright pictures on a screen up to eight metres wide . |