(1) Strange in that Chomsky's interview was given to the state-owned news agency at about the same time as another arm of the Russian state despatched two Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers for a cheeky incursion into the Nato-protected zone off Scotland's north coast .
(2) The hosts were losing 1-0 before the spot-kick, which was despatched by Yaya Touré, before City went on to score three more goals - with Etienne Capoue grabbing a consolation for Tim Sherwood's side.
(3) A focus of more powerful excitation created with the same strychnine played the role of determinant despatch station (DDS).
(4) All isolates were collected and despatched to a central laboratory where identification was confirmed and antibiotic sensitivity tests repeated.
(5) The initial response should involve despatching a team to the disaster country and provision of a control centre in the U.K. Special arrangements need to be made for staff and equipment.
(6) The foreign office despatched its man in India to Gujarat, to meet the western state's chief minister, Narendra Modi.
(7) The chancellor comes to the despatch box, his face stern and manner sober, to present a vision of the economic and fiscal future comprised of nothing more solid than a series of heroic assumptions, hypothetical figures and feats of creative accountancy – all anchored in the shifting, hopeful sands of forecast and projection.
(8) Once, despatched by my mother to buy a pound of sausages, I sat on it and the butcher said: "Oi, that's not for you."
(9) Methods of collection, preservation and despatching of specimens were also discussed.
(10) The required signal being situated before the R wave, and at a constant distance from the latter, the potentials collected from the thoracic electrodes are amplified, numerised and despatched to a memory which retains only the values preceeding the R wave and produces a summation of successive cycles, causing them to coincide using a synchronisation signal.
(11) The prime minister now has serious questions to answer after she stood at the despatch box and called suggestions of a sweetheart deal ‘alternative facts’,” he said.
(12) Maria Miller, the culture secretary, was despatched on to the airwaves to say Labour had climbed down.
(13) Seized with indignation and pointing her finger across the despatch box, she retorted: "I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man.
(14) | Nedžad Avdić Read more The Labour MP John Woodcock, a long-term advocate of intervention, said: “We’ve said ‘Never again’ so many times, and we mean it when we say it, but then, a few months, a few years later, it comes to nothing.” Commenting on Osborne’s speech, Woodcock said: “He gave the speech that should have been made from our despatch box and he showed a level of understanding about these issues which shows that, which makes me hope very much that he has a future in his party.” He attacked his party’s stance in 2013, saying: “I still feel sick at the idea of the then leader of the opposition going from that vote into the whips’ office and congratulating himself and them on stopping a war, when look what is happening today and look what’s happened over the last three years.
(15) Having earlier suggested he might use prime minister’s questions as a chance to give other frontbenchers to tackle David Cameron mano a mano, was he now demanding a quid pro quo and making a land grab for other ministers’ despatch box time?
(16) In anticipation of more violence with the arrival of spring, Obama this month despatched 17,000 more troops, and is expected to send the same number again later this year.
(17) A computer-produced summary of the quality control results, which contained scattergrams and a statistical analysis, was returned to participants four weeks after despatch.
(18) Between the 1920s and the 1960s as many as 150,000 young children were despatched to institutions and foster homes abroad so that they might begin happier lives in the under-populated Commonwealth.
(19) If a figure is found to have a part missing, it is despatched into a bin.
(20) Corbyn strolled in, chatted to the Speaker and the assistant whip, Phil Wilson, before sitting down next to Chris Bryant at the wrong end of the front bench, before someone suggested he might be better off moving along to sit next to Angela Eagle at the business end by the despatch box.
Launch
Definition:
(v. i.) To throw, as a lance or dart; to hurl; to let fly.
(v. i.) To strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce.
(v. i.) To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
(v. i.) To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
(v. i.) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures; -- often with out.
(n.) The act of launching.
(n.) The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
(n.) The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
Example Sentences:
(1) On Friday night, in a stadium built in an area once deemed an urban wasteland, the flame that has journeyed from Athens to every corner of these islands will light the fire that launches the London Olympics of 2012.
(2) A survey carried out two and three years after the launch of the official campaign also showed a reduction in the prevalence of rickets in children taking low dose supplements equivalent to about 2.5 micrograms (100 IU) vitamin D daily.
(3) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(4) Mindful of their own health ahead of their mission, astronauts at the Russia-leased launchpad in Kazakhstan remain in strict isolation in the days ahead of any launch to avoid exposure to infection.
(5) Brewdog backs down over Lone Wolf pub trademark dispute Read more The fast-growing Scottish brewer, which has burnished its underdog credentials with vocal criticism of how major brewers operate , recently launched a vodka brand called Lone Wolf.
(6) The company also confirmed on Thursday as it launched its sports pay-TV offering at its new broadcasting base in the Olympic Park in Stratford, east London, that former BBC presenter Jake Humphrey will anchor its Premier League coverage.
(7) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(8) Responding to a “We the People” petition, launched after Snowden’s initial leaks were published in the Guardian two years ago, the Obama administration on Tuesday reiterated its belief that he should face criminal charges for his actions.
(9) The number of seats has been reduced from 72,000 to 68,000, with another 12,000 to be added after the Games to meet the 80,000 minimum required in case Japan launches a bid to host the football World Cup.
(10) It will form part of an investigation launched by the cabinet secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, on the orders of David Cameron to determine the British government's actions over the raid on Sikhism's holiest site in Amritsar.
(11) Read more After Monday’s launch at 7.30am (11.30pm GMT), the taikonauts will dock with the Tiangong 2 space laboratory, where they will spend about a month, testing systems and processes for space stays and refuelling, and doing scientific experiments.
(12) Following its success, Littleloud created a version of the game for Apple's iPad, launched onto the App Store at Christmas.
(13) Kiev said the jets were downed by a missile launched from Russian territory , and that the pilots had parachuted out.
(14) In spite of this fundamental disagreement, they were both relieved that President Obama has suspended his plan to launch missiles against Syria .
(15) In the Isa world, the past few weeks have seen a flurry of new launches , some offering table-topping rates .
(16) We believe Oisin has a very exciting future at the BBC.” Clarkson, May and Hammond have signed up to launch a rival show on Amazon’s TV service , while Chris Evans is currently filming a new series of the BBC’s Top Gear show with fellow presenters Matt LeBlanc and Eddie Jordan.
(17) Its Google Preferred initiative, launched in October 2014, packages up its most popular channels into more appealing media buys for big brands.
(18) The soldiers allegedly launched the attack after one of their comrades was killed when he became involved in an argument over a woman near Fizi hospital.
(19) He was given a standing ovation as he arrived on stage for the launch event at the company's headquarters in Cupertino, San Francisco.
(20) As well as stocking second-hand items for purchase, charity shops such as Oxfam have launched Christmas gifts to provide specific help for poor communities abroad.