noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
distribution depot
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the company’s distribution depot
distribution of wealth (= the way wealth is divided among the people of a country or society )
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the distribution of wealth
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
equal
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He never shifted from his brand of socialism, a commitment to more equal distribution , combined with plenty of pragmatism.
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An equal distribution of medical services does not provide equitable opportunities for medical care to these different groups.
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The mean age was 40 years, an equal male/female distribution was found.
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There are no slums, and no discernible wealth, just an equal distribution of what looks like poverty.
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The intention therefore was to have equal percapita distribution .
equitable
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Msika has been promoted to vice-president, equitable distribution has not been achieved, and the nation is shuddering with the consequences.
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Calls for a more equitable distribution are interpreted as opposition and silenced with the gun.
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In other words, what is needed is not only an equal but an equitable geographical distribution of educational resources.
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The equitable distribution of donated livers should be based on the most practical widespread benefit.
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Weighted capitation is expected to be a more equitable system of distribution , taking account of the young and the elderly.
geographical
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These two techniques of casting are regarded as distinct and having different geographical distributions .
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In other words, what is needed is not only an equal but an equitable geographical distribution of educational resources.
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So the geographical distribution of the disease in older women is more likely to point to dietary pathogens.
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The geographical distribution of internet hosts further illustrates the wide differences in connectivity between rich and poor countries.
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However, the choice significantly affects the final geographical distribution and their use in resource allocation has been questioned.
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Rut these have to some extent been inferred from the discrete geographical distribution of each kingdom's coinage.
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The task, then, of any government attempting to reduce inequalities in the geographical distribution of services is very difficult.
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A number of studies have looked at the geographical distribution of doctors both in regions and in smaller districts.
normal
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Variables with normal distribution and homogeneous variance were compared by means of parametric tests, otherwise their non-parametric counterparts were used.
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A normal distribution has a kurtosis measure of 3, and a leptokurtic distribution occurs when the kurtosis is well over 3.
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Part four introduces multiple discriminant analysis as an individual-directed technique based on normal distribution assumptions.
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In these patients, even when the number of glands was normal , their distribution was not uniform.
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Using the unit cumulative normal frequency distribution we may compute confidence limits for our estimate of beta.
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But, because of the statistical properties of the normal curve of distribution , they do have a large effect at the extremes.
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In Figure 7.7 half of the normal distribution is drawn.
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These grades have to conform to the normal curve of distribution .
unequal
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Thus, the higher the Gini coefficient, the more unequal is the distribution of national income.
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Not surprisingly, a more unequal distribution of skills leads to a more unequal distribution of earnings in the United States.
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This chapter is concerned with the study of the unequal distribution of power, prestige and wealth in society.
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Not surprisingly, a more unequal distribution of skills leads to a more unequal distribution of earnings in the United States.
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Personal and social problems are explained in terms of the unequal distribution of power and resources in society.
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The statistics leave no doubt that the triumph of capital has lead to more and more unequal distribution of income and wealth.
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Only an unequal distribution that takes need into account can achieve the goal of effective equality of access to medical care.
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For both approaches, the fundamental feature of society is stratification-the unequal distribution of values across distinct groups.
wide
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What was needed was a wider distribution of the profits of industry, especially through higher wages.
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Examples of these have been sent to employers, and it is hoped that they have had wide distribution .
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The current local government system is highly centralised and unsuited to the wider distribution of power featured in the Maastricht Treaty.
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Related genera include many species with a wide distribution , and there are living representatives occurring in tropical regions today.
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The value of economy of scale and wide distribution is obvious in a national campaign.
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Brewers had launched a lot of nablab ale brands with very little support but wide distribution through tied estates.
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By contrast, we want to do more to encourage the wider distribution of wealth throughout society.
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age
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The age distribution of a work force is always an interesting and important source of information.
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Statistical studies of both the age distribution of impact craters and the times of biological extinctions have suggested that both show clustering.
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A slight shift in the age distribution would be expected because of the increasing prevalence of non-operated peptic ulcer patients in the population.
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There were also changes in the numbers and age distribution of widowed and divorced women.
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Results Table I shows the age distribution and patient characteristics at the initial evaluation of the 174 children with idiopathic constipation.
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Several different methods are available to describe the age distribution of populations and the relationship between its constituent age groups.
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This did not notably affect the age distribution of either group.
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The age distribution of the 50 patients followed up over one year was statistically compared with the Wilcoxon rank sum test.
agreement
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Suppose now that manufacturer 1 signs a selective and exclusive distribution agreement with retailer 1, promising not to supply retailer 2.
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Realizing this weakness, they entered into a distribution agreement with Chess Records in 1968.
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Capcom has an exclusive distribution agreement for Archer's QSound chip for the video arcade industry.
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The print trade published an ever increasing number of works, and international distribution agreements widened further the public's choice.
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His company has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with the telecommunications giant for a minimum of six years.
business
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R.S. would not survive in a distribution business if this was not available.
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They moved forward because there seemed to be no competition in the distribution business .
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Until now, people working in the transport industry have tended to specialise in one aspect of the distribution business .
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David Humphrey was still a practicing physician when he began a distribution business .
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Ask also set up a new distribution business unit which will integrate its worldwide direct sales operations.
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Today, he and Betty Jo have a very successful distribution business that stretches across the country and around the world.
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Leif Johnson was an optometrist when he began his own distribution business .
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And this is precisely what happened to two entrepreneurial partners in an international distribution business .
center
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The Norwalk residence served as a distribution center , authorities said.
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But no: the firm decided instead to eliminate overtime pay for workers at its packaging and distribution center .
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Hiatt had come to oppose Shames and his plan to build a $ 30 million high-tech distribution center in Louisville, Ky.
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Management for the operation will be based at the Wal-Mart distribution center , Norden said.
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This is the fourth start-up of a Wal-Mart distribution center for Schneider in the past three years.
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We have a big distribution center in Morgan Hill.
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After the closing of its distribution centers led to organizational disaster, the firm did its best to minimize these consequences.
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The year following the elimination of the distribution centers was, by employee consensus, the worst the company had ever endured.
channel
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Its offerings are now also sold via Sage's existing international distribution channels .
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What is the extent of our distribution channel ?...
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The firm is promising to develop new distribution channels , predicting that resellers will private label their own systems with Integrix components.
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We can cut costs by bulk purchasing and take advantage of national retail distribution channels .
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With Bertelsmann involved, it is not surprising that book clubs as well as electronics and book stores are being targeted as distribution channels .
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That would be another major breakthrough, offering a huge distribution channel for the product.
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The development greatly improves our own internal focus and accountability for both distribution channels .
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Should it work enthusiastically toward changing the distribution channels ?
company
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When the industry is sold off this obligation will be transferred to privately- owned distribution companies .
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Now they own an international distribution company and have reached the highest levels of achievement in our business.
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All three came from the Midlands and had been at the sharp end of the business as salesmen for distribution companies .
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He testified on behalf of municipal-owned gas distribution companies , who have struggled with the high wholesale prices.
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It is worth trying to get a distribution company to take your record on.
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It now reckons its the first national distribution company to get Part One accreditation.
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They were told Pinnacle were a more efficient distribution company and had several meetings with them.
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Consider an engineer running a water storage and distribution company .
income
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The problem is more of income distribution than of a failing in the technical working of the credit market itself.
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This can be assessed by linking class structure to income distribution figures.
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Despite these potential distortions, certain conclusions can be drawn about global income distribution .
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Dudley Baxter's statistics of income distribution in 1867 may help place the discussion in context.
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However, the income distribution within the rural sector seems to have deteriorated.
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Both types of inequality are measured using the Gini coefficients for land and income distribution .
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It will be noted that this ignores altogether the important question of income distribution .
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Employment; Income distribution and wealth.
network
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Our third-party logistics and distribution network covers the United States.
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Petersburg, where Duracell is setting up distribution networks .
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The Company enjoys a comprehensive distribution network and long-established relationships with the world's leading broadcasters.
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Cable systems traditionally use coaxial cable and a series of amplifiers throughout the distribution network .
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And also a cheaper and more flexible distribution network .
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Global information distribution networks represent the infrastructure crisscrossing countries and continents.
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A first-class hub for MiLAN's growing, worldwide distribution network .
system
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That distribution system fails at the bureaucratic level and in terms of the direct transport available.
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It was Edison who designed and introduced the electrical distribution system for incandescent lighting by direct current.
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It's also an efficient distribution system .
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This new standard stuck, even when distribution systems became sophisticated enough to overcome the original problem.
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The distribution system is a low pressure hot water one operating by gravity.
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London began with one of the most expensive distribution systems and developed one cheaper than some other Boards.
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In the colonies there were no publishing houses or distribution systems .
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The Napster structure would remain unchanged, and newer, less centralised music distribution systems like Gnutella could contribute too.
wealth
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Table 9-1 sketches a picture of income and wealth distribution .
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The impact on wealth distribution was already visible by the end of 1992, as Table 8-7 shows.
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Another method of collecting information on wealth distribution is to use survey research, but this too has its drawbacks.
■ VERB
control
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It is the tolerance of juveniles that controls overall distribution and the species is generally absent from estuaries.
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More often than not he managed supervision, set production quotas, controlled purchasing and distribution .
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However, it is difficult to control pore size and distribution .
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What controls the distribution of these anhydrite cements is not properly understood and therefore their presence is difficult to predict.
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The governments believe it is obvious that improved air quality depends on controlling growth and the distribution of housing and jobs.
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What happens is that two companies virtually control distribution - Menzies and W H Smith.
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The Master of the Rolls sets the tone of the court and can control the distribution of business among his colleagues.
determine
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The site of the original interaction between antigen and the immune system presumably determines the distribution of the granulomatous inflammation seen.
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The relationship between these factors in determining the spatial distribution of the elderly is unknown and probably varies historically.
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One approach is to carry out experiments with a digitizing table in order to determine empirically an appropriate distribution for digitizing errors.
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Within each feather there is a further patterning which determines the distribution of the pigment.
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The first point to make is that the range of factors which determines distribution patterns may be wide indeed.
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Radiology of the small intestine and either double contrast barium enema or colonoscopy were used to determine the anatomical distribution of disease.
market
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Box 2: Making technology transfer work Local partnerships are vital to ensure strength in marketing and distribution .
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A fellow student told him about our marketing and distribution plan.
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Whereas channels of distribution are marketing institutions, physical distribution is a set of activities.
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Taylor pointed out that Mattel already has immense advertising, marketing and distribution muscle.
show
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The citation patterns again show a bimodal distribution , with two median half-lives.
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Electron microprobe element maps show the distribution and quantity of alkali feldspar in the fine-grained groundmass of the altered basalts.
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The geological map, Fig. 7, shows the distribution of the main Lewisian types.
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Figure 21.5 shows its distribution in a two-dimensional wake.
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Scanning electron micrograph showing the distribution of the angular grains of alumina in Inceram.
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The overall distribution of mortality rates within the population shows a J-shaped distribution.
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Results Table I shows the age distribution and patient characteristics at the initial evaluation of the 174 children with idiopathic constipation.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The conference called for a more equitable distribution of wealth and power among nations.
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The cost of packaging and distribution ranges from $3 to $4 per videotape.
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This map shows the population distribution of Canada.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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If distribution was limited a list of stockists could also be useful.
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Of course, the stressed representations do not take account of the distribution of sentence stress in the utterances.
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Table 9-1 sketches a picture of income and wealth distribution .
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The holiday is also celebrated with small gifts for children and the distribution of meat to the needy.
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The Labour Party comes to the fore when the distribution of resources comes to the top of the agenda.
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The proposed series of investigations will examine children's understanding of economic need, income distribution and unemployment.