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 .
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