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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
embark on/launch a programme (= start it )
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The company has embarked on an expansion programme.
introduce/launch a scheme
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The scheme was launched last autumn by the company’s education officer.
launch a boat (= put it in the water )
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Where’s the best place to launch the boat?
launch a channel (= start a channel broadcasting on TV )
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In 1994, SKY launched two new channels.
launch a competition (= start it )
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We’re launching a competition to find the best young designer.
launch a fund (= start it )
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They plan to launch an investment fund by raising $40m from investors.
launch a raid (= start a raid )
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Rebel forces launched cross-border raids.
launch a website (= start one )
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The government has launched a website containing information on environmental issues.
launch an attack
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In April the French army launched an attack.
launch pad
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Ellington’s band was a launching pad for many gifted jazz musicians.
launched into a tirade
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He launched into a tirade against the church.
launched...manhunt
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Police have launched a nationwide manhunt .
launch/embark on a career (= start one )
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Rita went to New York where she launched her dancing career.
launch/landing/helicopter pad
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The hospital has built a helicopter pad.
launch/mount a campaign (= begin a campaign )
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They have launched a campaign to end world poverty.
launch/mount a search (= start a search )
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A massive search was launched for the former soldier.
launch/set up an inquiry (= start it )
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Police launched an inquiry yesterday after a man was killed by a patrol car.
make/issue/launch an appeal
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Detectives are making an urgent appeal for information.
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The hospital has launched an appeal to raise money for new equipment.
mount/launch an expedition (= plan, organize, and begin an expedition )
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Ornithologists are mounting an expedition to the island in order to study the birds.
offensive...launched
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A major offensive was launched on August 22.
officially launched
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The scheme was officially launched in May.
rocket...launched
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The rocket was launched from a space research base.
stage/mount/launch a coup (= attempt one )
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Later that year, the rebels staged an unsuccessful coup.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
yesterday
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The scheme, launched yesterday , is expected to provide each participating chemical firm with around £5 million to meet claims.
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Divers alert: A major rescue operation was launched yesterday after two divers were reported missing off Redcar.
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A £5m development appeal launched yesterday by the Natural History Museum has already raised £2.5m.
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appeal
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Victor Hall has launched his annual appeal for information regarding his son's disappearance.
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They've launched an appeal to send canned food, medicine and toys to the needy.
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But the Official Solicitor immediately launched an appeal .
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He now has 28 days to leave, or launch an appeal against the decision.
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Some of Opera North's favourite soloists, including John Tomlinson, will help to launch the appeal in style.
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We have launched a public appeal to raise the £120,000 total needed in order to put this whole unpleasant episode behind us.
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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds launched the appeal to help buy and manage the 625acre island.
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Teesside Hospice Care Foundation is to launch a £1.8m. building appeal .
assault
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Repealers launched a double-edged assault on medics.
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Thirty policemen were massacred in Rukum last week when the rebels launched a direct assault on their heavily fortified headquarters.
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Republican Congressional leaders have launched a rhetorical assault against the Clinton proposal this week.
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They launched their assaults with the equally traditional use of overwhelming firepower.
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The main central banks exploited yesterday's thin market to launch another visible assault on the dollar.
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Then he launched an assault on his Moscow neighbour.
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Much to their credit in launching a spirited assault on the Neath lead, Bridgend did attempt to spread the ball wide.
attack
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He decided to launch his attack right away, while the other man's night vision was still impaired.
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A Colonel Herbinger, drunk at the time, thought in his stupor that the enemy had launched a massive attack .
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Such a strategy is dangerous since inviting Kasparov to overreach, may also invite him to launch a devastating attack .
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There had been some disturbance there, too, when their master launched his attack .
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Henman bounced the ball a couple of times, measured the other side of the net, and launched his attack .
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In response, the country launched an all-out attack on Freetown from Lungi airport on the outskirts of the city.
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Lord Lane also launched a strong attack on the crisis in the crown and county courts.
bid
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It has also launched a bid to overturn a ban on the use of vast factory whaling ships.
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Edinburgh-based Dragon launched the all-paper bid for its rival Far Eastern trust last month.
business
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Conran had launched a business empire that was eventually to employ thirty-three thousand people.
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By making a Big Promise and delivering on it, you will successfully launch your business .
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Hyatt Hotels has helped employees launch in-dependent businesses in party catering and sporting-equipment rental.
campaign
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With backing from Prince Charles, who was once treated at the hospital for a cut hand, a campaign was launched .
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State prisoners were brought in to fix the roadbed, and a campaign was launched to acquire locomotives and coaches.
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Alexei features in a 20minute video bought by the borough council for a major anti-vandalism campaign to be launched early next year.
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On 17 February the campaign was launched with a press conference and a display of posters, T-shirts and other merchandise.
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The Government's £1.3m Christmas anti-drink drive campaign was launched last week with a brutal advert.
career
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Good for Annabel, who had the sense to quit the circuit in good time and launch a successful new career .
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In the 1960s women could neither engage in business nor launch political careers .
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He launched his tennis career in 1923 as a ball boy.
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Jack launched his accounting career at a tuna packing company, then went to work for General Dynamics.
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Matt now lives in Los Angeles, where he is trying to launch a solo career .
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By the early 1760s he lived in Derby and had launched a career as a cartographer.
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The smile that launched a career Fans of television presenter Michaela Strachan love her famous cheeky grin.
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He then moved to Oxford Polytechnic before launching his army career at Sandhurst.
challenge
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Provided your employer acts reasonably, you will find it difficult to launch an effective legal challenge of his decision.
company
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The company has launched 39 satellites so far.
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The machines are made by a London company , which launched the world's first microprocessor-based sorter in 1979.
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The company launched its initial offering at 13 in July and closed at $ 10 a share Wednesday, down.
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It also assigned staff people to work with individual companies that wanted to launch a program.
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Dozens of other companies are preparing to launch gambling sites on the Web.
competition
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It has also launched a competition for young members to design slogans suitable for texting.
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Her parents launched the competition to train young people about the dangers of motor vehicles.
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Now it has launched a series of competitions to select the best ways of filling the gaps in Britain's armoury.
drive
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Members needed: Darlington branch of the Friends of the Earth has launched a recruitment drive .
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That announcement came as the Reform Party officially launched its own petition drive to win Texas ballot access in November.
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Sony launched a similar drive at the same time.
effort
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Meanwhile, the events of July 17-18 motivated a number of Arab leaders to launch mediation efforts .
government
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Today the government launched its latest weapons in a campaign against speeding including this hard hitting television advertisement.
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In 1989 the government launched a £10 million training programme in child protection.
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In 1981 a £30 million government scheme was launched to encourage industry to switch from oil and gas to coal-fired boilers.
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The Government have launched TECs, but they have then provided less funding than was envisaged.
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The government today launched a drug prevention campaign.
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He has criticised the Government for not launching an advertising campaign on the issue until the general election is called.
initiative
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Working partnerships forged at home have provided a good springboard for launching several initiatives with partners abroad.
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So in 1990, School &038; Main launched an ambitious initiative to improve college retention rates for young people called Higher Ground.
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Instead, as part of our Millennium programme, we will launch a London 2000 initiative .
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We will launch a London 2000 initiative .
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Read in studio Police have launched a new initiative to tackle a rising wave of crime.
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The programme comes on the day police launched a new initiative to prevent such large gatherings taking place.
inquiry
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The Justice Department has launched a broader inquiry into the alleged solicitation of foreign donors by the Democrats, particularly Huang.
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He then launched an inquiry into why she was granted Legal Aid.
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The government has launched an official inquiry into his alleged ill-treatment but no findings have been made public.
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Yesterday, teams of police and forensic experts launched a massive inquiry to find the mindless yobs.
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Governor Peter Leonard, who launched an inquiry yesterday, said only prompt action by staff prevented a violent free-for-all.
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It has decided to launch an independent inquiry , to see whether more could have been done to help him.
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Police say they haven't launched a murder inquiry at this stage.
investigation
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The complaints prompted three different agencies to launch investigations .
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The Civil Aviation Authority has launched an investigation and will look at the pilots reports.
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The agency has launched 340 criminal investigations against tax resisters since 1993, winning 162 convictions.
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It's launched an investigation into what went wrong last night.
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Police have launched an investigation and they're appealing for witnesses.
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With police help they impounded several of Wewe's boats full of turtles and launched an investigation .
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At the time Thornburgh denied the report and launched a controversial investigation into the source of the leak.
magazine
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Brand picked up the term and launched a magazine called CoEvolution Quarterly.
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And the Robert Maxwell empire was just about to launch a new magazine called World Development.
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But she realized she needed at least $ 5 million to launch a high-quality national magazine .
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Bailey, 37, helped launch the magazine in Great Britain in 1988.
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And I was thrilled and honoured to get the chance to help launch this magazine .
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A new Moneysavers magazine containing discount coupons to use in shops is to be launched .
missile
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She saw herself pull back her arm, and, with more than human strength, launch a red missile .
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Hekmatyar's fighters quickly joined the fray, launching long-range missile attacks into the city against Masud's forces.
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Could a computer failure automatically launch a nuclear missile ?
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The aircraft would be able to launch the missiles at a considerable distance from well-defended targets.
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In theory, the mechanism should also prevent anyone launching the missiles accidentally.
offensive
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In the last week of February, Etiopia finally launched a major offensive at Badme.
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On March 30, 1972, Hanoi launched its own major offensive across the demilitarized zone.
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At the same time it launched an ideological offensive launched to justify this approach to solving the crisis.
operation
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In 1992 police launched Operation Playground against a gang called the Vice Lords.
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In May, police launched Operation Park, increasing patrols of city parks and playgrounds that have become makeshift campgrounds.
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Labour officials have already launched Operation Turnout in an effort to galvanise the core vote.
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The planter rested on thick beige carpeting that helped deaden the bone-shaking noise of aircraft launching and recovery operations .
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The army was ordered last week to launch a formal operation against separatists in Aceh.
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The Chief Constable was also asked to launch a major operation in Wirral to crack down on suppliers.
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Cheshire's emergency services launched their Operation Cloudburst procedure for dealing with chemical emergencies.
plan
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A better plan would be to launch from Earth on a trajectory optimized for transfer to Mars.
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The moving of 1,200 posts completes a plan launched when Harold Macmillan was prime minister in 1959.
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And a new plan has been launched to protect it.
product
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Zeneca has launched no new products since 1989.
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An entrepreneur we interviewed was given the opportunity to launch a new product for a major international company.
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Are you launching a new product ?
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It was as though he had created a virtual company for a specific time period to launch that particular product .
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Over the past 18 months we have launched a number of products offering opportunities for existing customers.
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Growing competition is prompting banks, building societies and insurers to launch new financial products almost on a daily basis.
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The immediate aim is to launch at least five such products on the market within two years.
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A decision has to be made whether or not to launch the new product .
programme
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The government has announced that it is planning to launch a training programme for all food handlers.
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There was no real enthusiasm and we launched in the training programme in a rather unstructured way.
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In the coming year we are launching a comprehensive sponsorship programme to attract corporate donations and specific sponsorship.
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Lloyd George had launched his programme at a lecture delivered at Bangor on 17 January 1935.
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Yesterday Mr Stevens launched a programme to canvas local opinion about the transfer of management.
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It hopes to be able to launch its programme by mid-November.
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Mr Kemp has been trying for several years to prod the White House into launching a serious anti-poverty programme .
project
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To begin with, her department is launching a three-year project on residential child care.
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They had hoped that he would launch great public works projects , ge! a building boom going.
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Viscose rayon producer Courtaulds Fibers has launched the project at its plant in Mobile, Alabama.
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It was agreed that this might best be achieved by a series of dinners to launch development projects of the University.
range
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Reader enquiry number 134 Downlighters Designed Architectural Lighting has launched a new range of 14 downlighters.
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With nature in mind, Inecto Botanicals have launched an affordable range of shampoos and conditioners.
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Four titles launch a new range .
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It's just launched its first range of clothing.
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We are using increasing amounts of recycled paper and we plan to launch a range of recycled paper products.
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Two years ago International targeted commercial fishing fleets as a special market and launched the BlueLine range with coatings made at Houston.
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Heraeus has launched a new range of modular temperature and climatic cabinets.
rocket
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The mujaheddin had launched a fresh rocket offensive against the city on Feb. 26.
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Such a mission would launch a huge rocket , the upper stage of which would fly directly to the Moon.
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Or in a room with computerized controls set to launch rockets .
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They could launch their rockets before you could get to your office, his predecessor had warned him.
satellite
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Eumetsat would launch three satellites over eight years for £250 million.
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The company has launched 39 satellites so far.
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First, it could hold up Challenger's next attempt to launch a relay satellite , in August.
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Hughes has launched two Ku-band satellites each containing sixteen 120-watt transponders.
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They did a full survey to begin with, launching several satellites to encircle the planet, collecting atmospheric and geographic data.
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A half-dozen giants are bidding for the right to launch satellites that can pump streams of data directly into homes.
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For instance, they could launch technically more advanced satellites and devise market-orientated ways of selling the data around the world.
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Malerba was on last month's Atlantis shuttle flight which failed to launch a satellite to produce electricity.
scheme
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He's launched a scheme which gives these farmers access to modern farm machinery and he teaches them how to use it.
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The Newcastle has launched a two-year scheme at 10.45 percent.
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Their kindness and co-operation has allowed us to launch this exciting new scheme for the benefit of residents and visitors to Northamptonshire.
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Difficulty is being expressed with the method to be used to launch the scheme .
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Even if they launch a new pension scheme with less generous benefits they face maintaining the solvency of the old fund.
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Today the Lord Mayor launched a new scheme to help them.
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By launching the commercial scheme in the guise of an athletic club it falls within the rules of the Amateur Athletic Association.
search
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Theatres, cinemas and restaurants in the area were also evacuated as police launched a frantic search and found the B-registration van.
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At the same time, materials scientists launch an extensive search for other materials that might have similar effects.
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Police backed by a helicopter launched a search , but no arrests were reported.
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And perhaps he wasn't going to wait until morning before launching a search .
series
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A fifty-minute programme about green slime to launch a series that is going to take thirteen hours?
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Pleased with the success of reforms in the countryside, he launched a new series of urban economic reforms.
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Now it has launched a series of competitions to select the best ways of filling the gaps in Britain's armoury.
strike
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From Bourges Capetian forces could launch a quick strike against Tours and Poitiers.
version
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Thomson launched their slightly up-market version , Freestyle, in 1984.
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The most popular option is the DOS-based WordPerfect system which has launched version 6.0, being the first significant enhancement since 5.1.
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AimTech is planning to launch a revamped version of the system in April.
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At the end of last month the company launched a commercial version of the chip.
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The two health authorities covering these areas have launched their versions of the Patient's Charter.
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China is planning to launch a space rocket later this month.
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Fezza, the clothes designer, launched his first collection in 1980.
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Fiat launched a tiny "city car" especially for Europe's narrow, crowded streets.
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Fiat has launched the smaller car model for city driving.
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NASA will try to launch the space shuttle again on Sunday.
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On the first day of the war over 400 missiles were launched.
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Police are launching a major murder inquiry.
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Rebel forces launched an attack on the capital.
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Rebels launched another attack late Sunday.
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The book launched his career as a novelist.
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The local hospital has launched a campaign to raise money for new X-ray equipment.
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Wysling has launched a campaign to raise $7000 to restore the monument.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A high-technology corporation, for example, might launch a subsidiary to manufacture components for major systems produced by the parent.
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Giddy from their wartime success, the Communists launched an ambitious plan aimed at expanding the economy by 14 percent a year.
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I positioned myself immediately below him, took a couple of practice aims and then launched my training shoe upwards.
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Modifying current equipment enables them to minimise new capital outlay while the product is being launched and its success evaluated.
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Mr Major says he has gathered enough support to launch an attack.
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Of five landing missions launched in 1965, all five failed.
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Read in studio Police have launched a new initiative to tackle a rising wave of crime.
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The most popular option is the DOS-based WordPerfect system which has launched version 6.0, being the first significant enhancement since 5.1.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
commercial
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It is aiming for more widespread testing in April and a commercial launch in May, sources said.
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Finally, it is essential to develop more cost-effective rockets in an increasingly competitive international market for commercial and scientific launch services.
new
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The other new launches planned were Sunday Today and Sunday Sport - neither aimed at the same sort of readers.
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Sad to say, major new launches from the big boys are a little thin on the ground.
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Vauxhall can be expected to start a flurry of limited-edition Astras in the lead-up to the new model's launch in September.
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The flurry involved further new launches .
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Meanwhile, Westminster Press and Associated slightly enlarged their chains, partly, as with Thomson, by new launches .
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We are still optimistic about further growth during the year with a number of new product launches planned in the coming months.
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Considerable investment has also been made in Emap sponsored new launches .
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It is expected that these new launches will, in time, be significant contributors to the profit growth of this business.
official
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L6 is almost certain to be delayed until well after its official launch date in May.
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And we've got an exclusive picture of it-a week before the official launch shots.
ready
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As an example take the case of a new product that has been developed and is ready for launch .
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Customers now expect to have a satellite finished and ready for launch in no more than a year and a half.
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Are you ready for a launch failure?
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The tail need not be fitted for this test, but now's the time to attach it ready for the launch .
successful
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The successful launch of Channel 5 as a non-producer broadcaster demonstrates the growth potential of the market.
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pad
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Each of the Apollo launch pads was 0.65 square kilometres in size and constructed of heavily reinforced concrete.
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Atlantis, resting on a Kennedy Space Center launch pad in Florida, has similar boosters.
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Neighbours, the show that was her launch pad , might have to be jettisoned.
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The rocket was exposed to the vagaries of the weather, and the launch pad was blocked for long periods of time.
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But there are signs that the protest may be the launch pad for a powerful and broadly based opposition.
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However, the rocket was not allowed to leave the launch pad until full thrust was developed by each engine.
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Here the air-lock doors of a cargo bay; there a communications nacelle, a launch pad , a service hatch.
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The crawler, mobile launchers and launch pads are all modified versions of the original components used for Apollo.
product
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But how important is another domestic product launch in 1992?
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The last major product launch two years ago really solidified a couple of new markets for us.
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We are still optimistic about further growth during the year with a number of new product launches planned in the coming months.
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First, we got the marketing team together to review, in detail, our last major product launch .
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Not all the losses resulting from a delayed product launch are concerned with that product.
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He has worked full time as a magician and illusionist since 1998, entertaining primarily at corporate retreats and product launches .
site
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However, weather conditions were ideal on the day of the launch , says Cathey, who is at the launch site .
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The choice of splashdown into the ocean rather than a land-based return was forced by the geographic position of the launch site .
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This was especially important during the climb up the 5 slope to the launch site .
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The leak forced a controlled descent of the giant balloon about 250 kilometres to the west of the launch site .
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Previous errors have included a sheep dip targeted after it was mistaken for a surface-to-air missile launch site .
vehicle
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The single-stage, reusable launch vehicle will cost an estimated $ 5 billion to $ 10 billion.
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But such economic considerations have had no significant effect on the way government-run launch vehicles are designed and operated.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During the launch , two rockets boost the shuttle before separating and falling back into the sea.
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the launch of nuclear weapons
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the West Coast launch of his new cologne
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Since its launch in 1988, sales of OS/2 have grown to only about 300,000 a year.
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The launch of the research centre is slated for December.