noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a publicity campaign (=to tell the public about something)
▪ The interview was the start of a publicity campaign for his new book.
adverse publicity
▪ Miller’s campaign has received a good deal of adverse publicity.
publicity stunt
▪ Todd flew over the city in a hot-air balloon as a publicity stunt.
shunned publicity
▪ a shy woman who shunned publicity
unfavourable publicity
▪ unfavourable publicity
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
advance
▪ Don Peters had been pleasantly surprised to find the Prime Minister's forthright manner lived up to her advance publicity.
▪ We will have to arrange for advance publicity, set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around.
▪ The advance publicity has been stupendous, and the first issue is alleged to have sold out straight away.
adverse
▪ And there's one thing that Great-gran can't stand and that's adverse publicity in any way.
▪ Remember that, Andrew, adverse publicity in any way.
▪ It needs to ride out the storms of adverse publicity.
▪ To obtain an eviction order through the courts could mean a lengthy legal process, possibly entailing adverse publicity.
▪ Overall coverage and publicity of the day was excellent, with very little adverse publicity.
▪ The directors, however, could argue that to do so would expose the company to adverse publicity.
▪ The consequent adverse publicity was widely held to be damaging to the Labour cause.
bad
▪ Publicity is no good for my business, especially when its bad publicity.
▪ When that received bad publicity, he promoted the Texas Guinan fat reducer.
▪ It made no sense for him to be engineering bad publicity.
▪ The delaying action kept the case out of court and minimized bad publicity until after he won re-election.
▪ Apparently there is such a thing as bad publicity.
▪ One reason commercial diet companies are having problems is that they received a lot of bad publicity in the early nineties.
▪ The workers said the campaign was attracting bad publicity for their company and putting their livelihoods at risk.
▪ Their main worries seemed to be not the paper, but bad publicity and the left being seen fighting amongst itself.
considerable
▪ They next claimed that he had been responsible for a murder in Belfast which had received considerable publicity.
▪ Salmonella poisoning has received considerable publicity in the recent past.
▪ But whatever his considerable political, publicity and debating skills, Mellor's downfall will not cause too many real Tory tears.
▪ They will benefit from all the above - plus considerable extra publicity.
▪ The move attracted especial attention because compulsory religious education had been introduced in schools with considerable publicity only in 1982.
▪ The reports have attracted considerable publicity although only a tiny proportion of the reports have been debated in the House.
extensive
▪ And county consumer protection officer David Holliday says despite extensive publicity only a trickle of people have been using them.
▪ Given the 163 extensive publicity, few could fail to be moved by the plight of polio victims.
▪ Undeterred, Barnes launched an extensive publicity campaign amongst members.
▪ In an extensive media publicity campaign last week the Natural Law Party announced they would be fielding candidates in each constituency.
free
▪ Norah complained bitterly that her style had brought the company free publicity worth far more than it cost.
▪ Get some free publicity in your local newspaper.
▪ For far too long we have given free publicity for such tourist spots as Edinburgh Castle.
▪ Snyder was receiving free publicity from Colman McCarthy.
▪ And the free publicity the event will gain will be worth a fortune.
▪ Of course, on this occasion, Benetton again exploited the free publicity of the news cameras.
good
▪ He reckoned that the word elite was usually applied to those who had the best publicity machine.
▪ Reich has generated a lot of good publicity for the Clinton administration.
▪ The wedding was set to give the royals their best publicity of the year.
▪ Many book industry veterans maintain that any publicity is good publicity.
▪ The savings figure, then, is highly speculative, but it is certainly good publicity for the department.
▪ Much good publicity has been given to five areas of Britain that badly need it.
▪ It made her look dramatic and sexy, he'd said. Good publicity.
great
▪ These benefits would include greater publicity and the resulting increase in funding.
▪ Prevention is quiet, but politicians who mount all-out attacks on symptoms generate great publicity.
▪ Those who control great engines of publicity are responsible to no one but themselves; equally their methods are their own.
▪ The greatest publicity and interest in the world is to be told about something, not to have read about it.
▪ He wants to see even greater spending on publicity, help and advice.
local
▪ In two cases, the matter was given swift local publicity.
▪ When he made a speech in San Francisco that received local publicity but none back East, he fired ScanIon.
▪ I will await confirmation of these dates before I contact the owner of the site or arrange local publicity.
massive
▪ The reason we receive massive newspaper publicity for reports like Empty Quarters and Nobody's Home is that every property is illustrated.
▪ Before he released the panel, Weisberg admonished jurors to avoid the massive publicity generated by their verdicts.
▪ Their likely argument would be that massive publicity of the McVeigh proceedings had poisoned the jury pool in Colorado.
maximum
▪ The step was announced by the secretary of state in person and given maximum publicity.
▪ Well-organized, they achieved maximum publicity for their demands.
▪ New classes particularly need maximum publicity.
▪ The video is being used to cause maximum publicity against foxhunting before a Wiltshire County Council vote to ban it tomorrow.
▪ They waste time and money when their sole interest is to secure the maximum publicity for their causes.
national
▪ And the libel action, if it comes to trial, will give us valuable national publicity if properly handled.
▪ That class-action lawsuit has garnered national publicity and is scheduled for trial next year.
▪ An unusual job was created by a national newspaper for publicity purposes.
▪ The immediate postwar years had brought a great deal of national publicity to Carville.
▪ In 1925 he received national press publicity for discoveries concerning malignant growths.
negative
▪ He overrode negative reviews with publicity stunts.
▪ They will not do this if all the recent most regrettable and very negative publicity persists.
unfavourable
▪ For example, the modifications could be carried out badly, resulting in unfavourable publicity for the software company.
▪ Following widespread unfavourable publicity, Grand Lodge decided to redefine its rules on public relations in 1984.
▪ The political activities of members of Özal's family, especially of his wife Semra Özal, had also received unfavourable publicity.
▪ A great deal of fervent and unfavourable publicity was heaped upon the papacy as a result of this issue.
unwelcome
▪ Cancellations cost the dealers in fines, and can generate unwelcome publicity for the licensed dealer concerned.
▪ The authority has no duty to implement any proposals for redress but clearly refusal to do so may lead to unwelcome publicity.
wide
▪ Action will be taken to ensure that the widest possible publicity is given to seat belt legislation.
▪ The case received wide publicity when a habeascorpus petition was upheld by two lower courts.
▪ The case attracted wide publicity in the Soviet press.
▪ With the wide and growing publicity for the service, more and more women called.
▪ In a later chapter I refer to the modern notions of witchcraft and satanism which receive such wide publicity today.
widespread
▪ Perhaps we should consider giving widespread publicity to the Audit Commission's account of the Government's failings.
▪ He returned a week later, after widespread publicity, with more than twenty thousand marchers, who demonstrated peaceably.
▪ In the 1980s a series of scandals received widespread publicity.
▪ Following widespread unfavourable publicity, Grand Lodge decided to redefine its rules on public relations in 1984.
▪ Several contracts were awarded to private contractors especially in cleansing - and the whole issue attracted widespread publicity.
▪ All our actions gained very widespread publicity.
▪ Split-brain studies have science fiction overtones which have led to their widespread publicity in more recent times.
■ NOUN
agent
▪ We could all take up the role of publicity agent, advertising our own favourite recreation!
campaign
▪ A full publicity campaign would initially be essential.
▪ There will be absolutely no publicity campaign.
▪ Why did you invite me all the way out here from London to mastermind your publicity campaign, Roman?
▪ It is also clear that people did not crowd into the mission on Azusa Street because of a skillfully crafted publicity campaign.
▪ Despite a major publicity campaign, only a few people thought they'd seen her or even spoken to her.
▪ Undeterred, Barnes launched an extensive publicity campaign amongst members.
▪ I see Scribners is bringing out both the novels, and has a sizeable publicity campaign on the stocks.
department
▪ Then I spoke to some one in the publisher's publicity department.
▪ The introduction of Intercity's Nightrider service seems to have caused some difficulty in the publicity department. late nights?
▪ I want people to turn to us when their own publicity department is overloaded, or when a star needs special attention.
▪ Some one from the publicity department of his publishers had set it up.
▪ They are used by the publicity departments of large commercial organisations to do clever things with the truth.
▪ This is available for group showing, talks etc from publicity department, Runcorn Heath.
machine
▪ Burton was goose meat for the publicity machine.
▪ Our publicity machine will illuminate whatever we point it at....
▪ But the publicity machine had come into operation and nothing would stop it.
▪ Naturally the publicity machine is already at work trying to clean up Phillips' image.
▪ In order to generate interest in his players and their careers, he has become a press and publicity machine.
▪ He reckoned that the word elite was usually applied to those who had the best publicity machine.
▪ Open secret AT last the royal publicity machine has admitted that Charles and Diana's marriage is less than perfect.
material
▪ I usually begin the week by starting all the publicity material for the latest performances.
▪ Employers may be asked, for example, to contribute to a central fund to enable the Compact to develop necessary publicity materials.
▪ We particularly need to improve the placement of our publicity material in tourist centres, including the development of hotel packs.
▪ When special events take place at any of the gardens, adequate stocks of publicity material need to be placed on-site.
▪ Work is in hand on identifying information needs and relevant publicity material is in preparation.
▪ Mr. Curry Young people's awareness of agricultural issues is promoted through publicity material, information packs and planned visits to farms.
▪ The industry has also prepared its own publicity material which emphasises the damage peasant farmers do to forests.
▪ The publicity material promised landing, weather permitting.
stunt
▪ A statement from the heart or a mere publicity stunt?
▪ He overrode negative reviews with publicity stunts.
▪ It could be a publicity stunt gone wrong.
▪ Unionist politicians accused him of naivety and dismissed the truce as a publicity stunt.
▪ Now that times are tougher, such costly publicity stunts are harder to justify.
▪ It's a publicity stunt to gain sympathy.
■ VERB
achieve
▪ Well-organized, they achieved maximum publicity for their demands.
▪ Sometimes, dubious studies achieve publicity or may be attractive for other, perhaps political or novelty, reasons.
attract
▪ Pollutions which attract substantial publicity risk impugning the agency's competence.
▪ But it was Hockney who attracted the publicity.
▪ The case attracted wide publicity in the Soviet press.
▪ It fluctuated, through the manoeuvres of the press groups, and it tended to attract publicity.
▪ As a formal procedure, this is today rare and serves mainly to attract publicity to the cause in question.
▪ The workers said the campaign was attracting bad publicity for their company and putting their livelihoods at risk.
▪ Several contracts were awarded to private contractors especially in cleansing - and the whole issue attracted widespread publicity.
▪ Yet she attracts more attention and publicity than all the other women players put together.
avoid
▪ One must avoid publicity or anything that could damage the reputation of the hotel.
▪ Before he released the panel, Weisberg admonished jurors to avoid the massive publicity generated by their verdicts.
▪ Greene chose the life of an émigré, had an austere dedication to the life of the writer, avoided all publicity.
▪ Hoping to avoid delays and embarrassing publicity, in July the council started quietly pressuring Pike to disengage from the venture.
▪ She took on the alias in a bid to avoid publicity when dealing with her solicitor Paul Butner.
▪ The authorities meanwhile are eager to avoid publicity about the success of the El Barillo repopulation.
▪ The reformers were not merely considering the desire of actual rape victims to avoid publicity.
bring
▪ Norah complained bitterly that her style had brought the company free publicity worth far more than it cost.
gain
▪ All our actions gained very widespread publicity.
▪ Despite his extraordinary flair in gaining publicity for the causes he believed in, McTaggart was an intensely private man.
▪ To adopt a militant, uncooperative or obstructive approach may gain publicity, not all of which will be good.
▪ I think they thought it was a way to gain publicity for their petition.
▪ Most of them did so to make a political point and to gain publicity.
generate
▪ This generates atmosphere and publicity if you are looking for it.
▪ Its pioneering clients generated enormous publicity, but is a significant trend likely?
▪ He made colleagues of similar rank jealous for the way he could generate publicity.
▪ Prevention is quiet, but politicians who mount all-out attacks on symptoms generate great publicity.
▪ Cancellations cost the dealers in fines, and can generate unwelcome publicity for the licensed dealer concerned.
▪ No doubt making such grand claims helps to sell more books and generate publicity.
get
▪ They get little or no publicity for their efforts in this area - quite deliberately.
▪ If it gets too much publicity, you can believe our negotiations with Justice will wind up shot down.
▪ Then, to help it develop, we spread the word. Get publicity.
▪ That margin appears to have been reduced just as Forbes is getting even more publicity.
▪ The most important point, however, is that this rapist, who got the most publicity, is the most unusual.
▪ These days you have to have a movement to get anywhere, to get any publicity, to get anything done.
▪ They are the superstars of entrepreneurship; they get the publicity and the money.
▪ She sure knows how to get publicity.
give
▪ Perhaps we should consider giving widespread publicity to the Audit Commission's account of the Government's failings.
▪ You give too much publicity to radical oddballs....
▪ Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors' offices.
▪ And the libel action, if it comes to trial, will give us valuable national publicity if properly handled.
▪ The activities of illegal immigrant vessels were as manna from heaven to the media who naturally gave them much publicity.
▪ There were powerful lobbies working against the film and perhaps not surprisingly it was given no further publicity in terms of awards or nominations.
▪ In two cases, the matter was given swift local publicity.
▪ For far too long we have given free publicity for such tourist spots as Edinburgh Castle.
provide
▪ Press Releases Many organisations use press releases because it provides them with publicity at little or no cost.
▪ A craft table will be on display and Mrs. Higham will provide the publicity material.
receive
▪ It is unlikely that other offers will be submitted, as the sale of the site Will not have received publicity.
▪ When that received bad publicity, he promoted the Texas Guinan fat reducer.
▪ It has been produced because of the telephone enquiries we are now receiving following publicity in the national press.
▪ The previous owners had never received any publicity.
▪ Finally let me record an item put out by Reuters News Agency which did not receive much publicity.
▪ In mid-June the Confederates made another move-not a major one but one that received major publicity.
▪ They next claimed that he had been responsible for a murder in Belfast which had received considerable publicity.
▪ Though it did not receive much publicity, it was a major achievement and long overdue.
seek
▪ Did I want to seek publicity just to make myself feel better?
▪ I have a lot of reporter friends but I was never particularly interested in seeking publicity.
▪ Media training courses run by the Press and Parliamentary Unit continued to attract in numbers lawyers seeking to improve their publicity skills.
▪ Best's decline was conducted in the full glare of self seeking publicity.
shun
▪ In days gone by, the emperor shunned all publicity.
▪ A lawn-mowing, mall-shopping, jeep-commuting suburbanite, he lives quietly in Acton with his wife and two sons and shuns publicity.
▪ He is also described as the quiet one who shuns publicity and lets the rest of the band enjoy the limelight.
▪ Running their corporation according to the ancient precepts of the Talmud, they shunned all publicity and trusted only a handful of associates.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blaze of publicity/glory
▪ A blaze of glory, a fury of passion that left them weak and trembling in each other's arms.
▪ As soon as Hitler's trial was over, the blaze of publicity surrounding him vanished.
▪ He did not exactly do it in a blaze of glory.
▪ I am launching my new sport soon in a blaze of publicity.
▪ Intercar was launched in a blaze of publicity in 1985 as one of the country's first cut-price car supermarkets.
▪ They went out in a blaze of glory.
▪ Whenever their conflicting playing schedules allowed, these two attractive superstars of sport managed to meet in a blaze of publicity.
the glare of publicity/the media/public scrutiny etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The band appeared on Larry King's show, which was good publicity for their US tour.
▪ The show's organizers spent over $500,000 on publicity alone.
▪ Who did you get to do the publicity for the show?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Administrative procedures must be tightened up, and effective publicity should emphasise prompt and vigorous action in the courts.
▪ Afterwards, the loss of sense of colleagues, disloyal competence and inappropriate publicity would follow.
▪ He and his family asked the Foreign Office not to give the case any detailed publicity, for fear of jeopardising his chances.
▪ Reich has generated a lot of good publicity for the Clinton administration.
▪ Such premature publicity could make her positively obstructive instead of merely difficult.
▪ This generates atmosphere and publicity if you are looking for it.
▪ When he made a speech in San Francisco that received local publicity but none back East, he fired ScanIon.
▪ With publicity over gay marriages, the debate over homosexuality and the Bible once again fills radio talk-show airwaves.