Example sentences of "launched a campaign " in BNC.
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1 | Actress Brigitte Bardot has launched a campaign to have France 's 35 million dogs and cats sterilised . |
2 | 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 ) . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | We have launched a campaign to recruit 10,000 Special Constables . |
5 | Well , they have launched a campaign against fraud and are lowering the groupings of new cars with safety and security devices fitted as standard . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | A group of concerned Hearts supporters have tonight launched a campaign called Hands Off Tynecastle . |
8 | Navajo Indians in Arizona have launched a campaign against mining activities which they claim are polluting water supplies , interfering with sacred sites and threatening local sheep farmers with coal dust poisoning . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Survival International has launched a campaign against the programme and its likely effects on the indigenous inhabitants of the forest . |
11 | The Netherlands Transport Minister , Hanja Maij-Weggen , has launched a campaign to reduce drastically the country 's dependence on the car . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | France 's Green Party ( Les Verts ) has launched a campaign against the proposed project for a canal linking the Rhine and Rhone rivers . |
14 | The Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) has launched a campaign to save Europe 's most endangered mammal — the Saimaa ringed seal . |
15 | , The Thailand Bicycle Association has launched a campaign for more cycleways in the capital . |
16 | A coalition of 28 US environment and consumer groups have launched a campaign against the harmonization of key environmental standards proposed under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | The Worldwide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) has launched a campaign for French Guiana to be run as a " European Tropical Park " by the European Commission , with strict controls on hunting , forestry and road building . |
19 | Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) has launched a campaign to promote the environmental benefits of reusable packaging . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) has launched a campaign for the countryside which calls on the government to have a full package of countryside reforms in place by June 1993 when such plans must be submitted to the EC . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Greenpeace has launched a campaign against predatory logging in the Amazon . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | The Polish city of Krakow , Poland 's ancient royal capital and one of Central Europe 's most important historical cities , has launched a campaign for foreign assistance to reduce pollution and clean up its ancient monuments . |
27 | One of Britain 's biggest foxhunts has launched a campaign to stop the sport being outlawed . |
28 | One of Britain 's biggest foxhunts has launched a campaign to stop the sport being outlawed . |
29 | They 've launched a campaign to make young people and their parents more aware of the dangers of drugs like ecstasy . |
30 | On their behalf , a local radio station has launched a campaign to keep him at the County Ground . |