verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
distribute a film
▪ Warner Bros became the first major studio to distribute its films over the Internet.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
equally
▪ As might be expected from the study of mortality data acute health problems are not equally distributed throughout the population.
▪ You do this by equally distributing power to every person; thus no one has any more authority than anyone else.
▪ With, if only 60 percent of total current income were equally distributed it would be socially valued as equivalent.
▪ However, they are not equally distributed in the various pay grades.
▪ Authority and prestige are not equally distributed.
▪ These women were equally distributed during follow-up and were censored at the time of the last visit.
▪ Choice is a resource itself which is not equally distributed throughout society.
▪ Smoking Smoking, of either cigarettes, pipes or cigars, is not equally distributed throughout the population.
evenly
▪ Moreover, unemployment has not been evenly distributed.
▪ The dough should be elastic, soft, tacky, but not sticky and the seeds should be evenly distributed.
▪ Unfortunately, these 13 million words are not evenly distributed across the 10 superfields.
▪ Break rice sticks into small pieces and distribute evenly among lettuce cups.
▪ If women were evenly distributed across the spectrum of employment, their pay levels would be much closer to those of men.
▪ Drizzle oil over polenta and brush to distribute evenly.
▪ Your weight should be evenly distributed between both legs.
▪ The twenty slides are evenly distributed by gender, with a good mix of age and race.
over
▪ By 1086, Droitwich salt was being widely distributed over the Midlands.
▪ Computation is distributed over more than one processing element and is done simultaneously.
▪ The grant will be distributed over 3 monthly payments to ensure maximum accountability.
▪ The male milt, or sperm-bearing fluid, is distributed over the eggs which are then, hopefully fertilized.
▪ These jobs are not evenly distributed over the country.
▪ From home, the news was distributed over the telephone.
▪ Feet Similarly to the hands, feel the way the weight is distributed over both feet.
randomly
▪ Deviations from a state of overall full employment must be randomly distributed around a mean of zero.
▪ Although a rock is a collection of the chemical elements that make it up, those elements are not distributed randomly.
▪ The points in it are distributed randomly, so it contains no information which could be learned by any process.
▪ Far from being randomly distributed, nearly all seismic activity is concentrated in relatively narrow zones.
▪ Those atoms were randomly distributed in the environment.
▪ Are they randomly distributed, with chance aggregations of one type, as Hartridge postulated in these columns nearly 50 years ago?
▪ Smokers were distributed randomly among subgroups.
▪ Inequality is not something which is randomly distributed between individuals in society.
unevenly
▪ The evidence relating to these issues is not great, and it is unevenly distributed geographically.
▪ The benefits that have been generated by downtown redevelopment have been unevenly distributed.
▪ These three types of academic curriculum are distributed unevenly across the higher education system.
▪ As everywhere in the tropics, the rainfall is distributed unevenly so that during the rainy period the daily downpours cause floods.
▪ The evidence for the relations between a bishop and his diocese is unevenly distributed.
▪ New technologies are unevenly distributed, permitting wealth to accumulate in the hands of relatively few.
▪ Mr. Clarke I am aware of no evidence that pupils with special educational needs are distributed unevenly across the country.
▪ Voluntary agencies are also unevenly distributed among different client groups.
widely
▪ The most widely distributed Shas tract shows a smirking Weizman standing next to a grim-looking Deri behind bars.
▪ They produced cartoons that were distributed widely in Southern California that showed Karenga and his comrades gloating about the murders.
▪ These are widely distributed within the region.
▪ The incident became the basis for the widely distributed composite drawing of the suspect.
▪ Deposits of galena are widely distributed but by no means equally accessible to early centres of civilization.
▪ The emphasis will be on widely distributed supercomputing and high-bandwidth visualization.
▪ Creativity and ingenuity are widely distributed and evident in the natural activities of children outside school.
▪ As Rowe notes, pictures of the crackdown were not widely distributed at the time.
■ NOUN
company
▪ Equally there are commercial companies that produce, distribute, and market their product on a global basis.
▪ Many companies use Intranets to distribute internal documents-in effect publishing Web pages for their own private use.
▪ Both companies will distribute the unnamed product to OEMs, VARs, integrators and end users.
▪ Many companies distribute their disks through Transend for you to try out for up to 90 days.
▪ Of course, if no value-increasing projects are available to the company profits should be distributed to the shareholders.
▪ No provision is made for any additional taxation which might arise should the retained reserves of overseas subsidiary companies be distributed.
computer
▪ Those writing and developing computer software should distribute the computer programs in object code form only.
▪ Very little activity in the ark, either natural or man-made, happened without the distributed computer knowing about it.
▪ He is authorized to distribute up to 200 computers.
copy
▪ In addition it will distribute 500,000 copies of its Start-up Guide for people starting their own business.
▪ AsianWeek plans to distribute 10, 000 copies at 315 locations...
▪ If possible, duplicate and distribute copies well in advance of the tutorial.
▪ Re-Solv plans to distribute 700,000 copies of a new booklet to shops and businesses throughout the country.
▪ The Church distributed 16,000 copies before it was declared seditious.
▪ Sell or otherwise distribute for consideration copies of student practice and/or tutorial disks to students or any other third party.
▪ Afterwards, police distributed 2,500 copies of a letter explaining their actions to local residents.
country
▪ These jobs are not evenly distributed over the country.
▪ Mr. Clarke I am aware of no evidence that pupils with special educational needs are distributed unevenly across the country.
funds
▪ Cork now has a month's breathing space to consider how best to distribute the companies' funds to creditors.
▪ It is also barred by federal election law from advising PACs on how to distribute their campaign funds.
▪ The mechanisms for distributing the Funds were also subject to major revisions and these became effective on 1 January 1989.
information
▪ We are fighting meningitis by raising money for medical research, distributing free information, and offering support to sufferers.
▪ One is technological, empowering individuals to receive and distribute the information they want when they want it.
▪ In the effort to distribute accurate information, keeping journalists and politicians well informed is absolutely crucial.
▪ The development of an international computer database to help track patients and distribute information about prevention and treatment programs.
▪ It is particularly useful for central offices distributing disk based information to regional branches.
leaflet
▪ Outside the church many parishioners lingered, distributing leaflets and gossiping.
▪ The protests began at the law courts when two men convicted of distributing anti-government leaflets each received the maximum five-year sentence.
material
▪ During the following months we started to distribute basic medical material to dispensaries, health centres, and hospitals in a few districts.
▪ Can teachers be punished for discussing topics or distributing materials that are not relevant?
▪ Although it is desirable for the clearinghouses to be able to distribute or lend material, it is not essential.
▪ For this, he was convicted of distributing insulting material whereby a breach of the peace was likely to be occasioned.
▪ Divide the class into groups of three or four and distribute the materials. 3.
▪ Divide the students into groups and distribute the materials.
member
▪ Copies of the leaflet are being distributed to members today and will be available at public counters at Headquarters and Chesser House.
▪ It may be distributed to members of the review committee.
▪ Commodities such as clothing, shoes and toiletries are distributed to members according to their need.
▪ One of the issues for us here is who does this work and whether it is equitably distributed between different family members.
▪ In any event, Liverpool Victoria wants to use its surplus to make acquisitions rather than distribute the cash to members.
▪ Moreover, once the cases were distributed to each member, the reactions were jocular.
▪ Special efforts should be made to distribute literature among the members of local trades union branches.
▪ I attach a note which I hope you will find useful and which could be distributed to appropriate members of the Trust.
million
▪ This past year, the group distributed half a million books in 46 states, and their work has only just begun.
▪ Clinton plans to distribute $ 200 million in grants this year.
money
▪ To pool the increase in salary from 1 April 1991 and distribute the money equally among all union members. 9.
▪ Wilson said the Justice Department will begin distributing the money to fraud victims after sentencing in August.
▪ Newcastle-based Northern Arts distributed the money during January to help 21 dance, music and theatre projects.
network
▪ The Versant client-server database gives transparent multi-user access to objects distributed anywhere in a network.
▪ Computer software, distributed networks, and most vivisystems are discontinuous systems.
▪ In a sparse distributed network, memory is a type of perception.
▪ Research and development of new distributed network techniques and software applications 2.
▪ The vulnerability of data communications and message data to interception is exacerbated with the use of distributed networks and wireless links.
▪ Each species was loosely interconnected to the others in a kind of vast distributed network.
▪ As a result, enterprise networks, distributed network management, and unusual software applications were implemented in parallel worldwide.
▪ A distributed, decentralized network is more a process than a thing.
power
▪ Using the Power Station is the safest and neatest way to distribute the power to all the other units here.
▪ You do this by equally distributing power to every person; thus no one has any more authority than anyone else.
▪ The new commission would distribute power to the municipalities and it would also regulate the private companies.
▪ Many states become federations to distribute governmental power where there is a huge area to be governed.
product
▪ The business comprises two operations, Steriseal, which distributes medical and opthalmic products, and Rotax, which supplies scalpels.
▪ Our employees worked hard to produce and distribute those products efficiently.
▪ Was it they who distributed the products of their workshops to the remainder of society?
▪ Including every possible permutation-as well as specific suggestions on how he might distribute the product.
▪ Both companies will distribute the unnamed product to OEMs, VARs, integrators and end users.
▪ They had agreed to help distribute products for some major companies.
▪ The company is registered to manufacture, distribute and sell lumber products.
society
▪ To do this would require an analysis of how decision-making and power is distributed in society.
▪ It measures the degree of consensus which exists, if any, over how rewards are distributed in society.
▪ Power and reward are distributed unequally in most societies, and so the privileged will be much freer.
▪ Inequality is not something which is randomly distributed between individuals in society.
▪ Choice is a resource itself which is not equally distributed throughout society.
software
▪ This user also distributes the appropriate software performance and status report forms.
▪ Research and development of new distributed network techniques and software applications 2.
▪ It distributes the customer software or other information easily.
system
▪ Anixter distributes 90,000+ wiring systems for voice, data and video communications; supplies customers worldwide, usually within 24 hours.
▪ The coils warm the air, and it is distributed by the duct system.
▪ We can not be sure whether creatures with the distributed nervous system of a lobster feel pain, however they are killed.
▪ Because knowledge is distributed, the system uses many connections to retrieve solutions to particular problems.
▪ Many of the products described above are produced and distributed by the systems operators or the database vendors.
▪ All they would need is a way to coordinate work and memory in a very distributed system.
■ VERB
begin
▪ The government halted the distribution of petrol and the Committees for the Defence of the Republic began distributing arms.
▪ The poultry industry also began distributing turkey ham, turkey salami, turkey pastrami, and turkey bologna.
▪ Wilson said the Justice Department will begin distributing the money to fraud victims after sentencing in August.
help
▪ We will be looking for a lot of people to help distribute these in the community.
▪ The development of an international computer database to help track patients and distribute information about prevention and treatment programs.
▪ Take them to Boots and Help the Aged will distribute them to needy people around the world.
▪ They had agreed to help distribute products for some major companies.
▪ Senior officers were reported to have helped to distribute arms to the troops.
▪ When the cry to help distribute Witness had gone out she had been the first to respond.
manufacture
▪ Spreckels manufactures and distributes a diversified line of materials for lifting and positioning products.
▪ Miscellaneous manufacturing and distributing firms with an array of interests, $ 1 million.
▪ The equipment manufactured and distributed by Mr Bowitz is far more complex than gear seized in previous investigations, the agencies said.
▪ The company is registered to manufacture, distribute and sell lumber products.
produce
▪ Equally there are commercial companies that produce, distribute, and market their product on a global basis.
▪ They produced cartoons that were distributed widely in Southern California that showed Karenga and his comrades gloating about the murders.
▪ Privatization need not mean that the government no longer affects how a good is produced and distributed.
▪ Our employees worked hard to produce and distribute those products efficiently.
▪ Mr Wolfensohn wants to see steps taken to produce and distribute a low-cost vaccine that is affordable in the developing world.
▪ The Producers Development Initiative offers help and advice in developing, producing and distributing their work in the international marketplace.
▪ Many of the products described above are produced and distributed by the systems operators or the database vendors.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Aid agencies are calling for local volunteers to help them distribute food and medicine.
▪ Copies of the report were distributed shortly after the meeting.
▪ Each panel distributes sound evenly in all directions.
▪ Medical supplies have been distributed among families affected by the epidemic.
▪ The National Science Foundation is responsible for distributing the grant money.
▪ The party's aim is to distribute power more evenly among the people.
▪ The Red Cross has started distributing food and blankets to villages in the flood area.
▪ The tape costs $19.95 and is distributed by American Video.
▪ We must try to distribute the country's wealth so that we help those who need it most.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A handout or employee brochure with the basic facts can be distributed.
▪ If the receipt is distributed to shareholders as dividends then the capital base of the business has been eroded.
▪ If women were evenly distributed across the spectrum of employment, their pay levels would be much closer to those of men.
▪ So they constantly demanded changes in the structure of government in the district in order to distribute power-and taxes-more equably.
▪ These are widely distributed within the region.
▪ Your weight should be evenly distributed between both legs.