Example sentences of "[noun prp] had launched a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conran had launched a business empire that was eventually to employ thirty-three thousand people . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ( In 1981 Israel had launched a surprise air attack on Iraq 's Osirak nuclear reactor site — see p. 31908 . ) |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | 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 . |