noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a film producer (= someone who controls the preparation of a film )
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British film producer Alexander Korda decided to make a movie about Vienna.
a movie producer
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He started out as an actor, then became a movie producer.
a television producer
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a BBC television producer
an oil producer (= a country which produces oil )
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The Soviet Union is the world's largest oil producer.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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In bulk output, Great Britain was outstandingly the biggest producer of textiles, for example.
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Moreover, they saw their primary source of leverage-financial rewards-as less effective with the big producer .
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He's one of the area's biggest producers .
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I kept looking for a big win, picking the right stock, stealing a big producer from the competition.
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These are the big , efficient producers who need less protection against price cuts.
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Today, hour-long local news shows are the rule not the exception and rank among the stations' biggest revenue producers .
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Some of our biggest producers were there.
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In fact, despite the dismal fundamentals, some of the biggest petroleum producers will record double-digit percentage increases in spending.
domestic
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There are three ways in which competition policy might be used to promote the interests of domestic producers .
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The Sparta plant-Hanes's highest-cost domestic producer in 1985-is now Hanes' lowest-cost domestic producer.
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A second method of promoting the interests of domestic producers is by permitting them to enter into collaborations of various kinds.
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The Sparta plant-Hanes's highest-cost domestic producer in 1985-is now Hanes' lowest-cost domestic producer.
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When tariffs on imports are low and transport costs are moderate, domestic producers may face severe international competition.
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Although domestic auto producers may not be enamored of it, it is good for consumers.
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Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods and it forces domestic producers to be more efficient than otherwise.
executive
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Its creator and executive producer is, perhaps surprisingly, David Jacobs.
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Robert Altman is one of its executive producers .
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When Kylie first got involved in the film, rock megastar David Bowie was to have been the film's executive producer .
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The executive producer is responsible for the overall product.
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Some are here as first-time directors, others as executive producers of films showing in the festival.
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Pat McMillen, show secretary in 1967 and now executive producer , has been warming up the audience for 29 years.
independent
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Twenty years later Channel Four, originally conceived as a publishing house for independent producers , succumbed to the same institutional pressures.
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Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films.
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He was more instrumental than any other independent producer in breaking the stranglehold of the major studios.
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One thing is for certain - the role of the independent producer is secured.
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The larger ones hope to soldier on as independent producers .
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The switch to waged work of previously independent producers also increased union membership.
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Do regional broadcasters need regionally based independent producers and do regionally based producers need regional broadcasters?
large
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An example is Volvo Penta, a large producer of diesel engines for marine purposes.
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Copper production is expected to rise amid expansions at mines owned by Codelco, Phelps Dodge and other large producers .
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Although technical monopoly may be a rarity, as already noted markets are commonly dominated by a small number of large producers .
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While other larger steel producers had struggled and often failed against foreign competition, Nucor succeeded.
local
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Soon he will talk to local producers about taking a share, but for the moment he is holding them off.
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National industry status is used to protect local producers from a sudden surge of imports.
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The local programme producers cover a wide range of subjects affecting the daily life of the community.
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The local producer may lack the competitive advantages to market the indigenously made product internationally.
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But local producers have lesser reputations and command lower export prices.
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The developing countries are pressed to eliminate trade barriers, which can lead to local producers being undermined by cheaper imports.
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Elsewhere, it was not Vikings but local producers and traders and lords who made and benefited from the growth of markets.
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The Primeurs division of Fournier, based in Avignon, has been sold to local producer Gattini.
major
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The region is still a major producer of tin.
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Status: Intergovernmental organization of 13 major oil producers .
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And the overlap could be especially acute in this deal, because both companies are major producers of missiles and radar.
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It is one of the leading beverage companies in the world, and a major international producer of spirits and beer.
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In 1973 and 1974 this price rise fed through to contracts between major producers and users.
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Amstrad, a major producer of satellite dishes, dipped 1p to 32p on competition fears.
other
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The agreement will also restrict competition by limiting the selling opportunities of other producers of the components subject to the exclusive purchasing commitment.
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Any presenters or other Radio I producers who want to contribute are welcome.
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Access to software must be regulated so that the software of one producer is protected from all other unauthorised producers.
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Wimpey and the other opencast producers are fighting this, but you have to do your part.
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Strong gains came from other oil producers too, including Texaco, Chevron and Occidental.
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The Joint Venture and other gas producers in this area have the opportunity to participate in each package of contracts.
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He looked around him at the other producers and researchers.
record
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By now MacColl was married to the record producer Steve Lillywhite, who was quick to harness her talents.
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Records executives, her manager and record producers .
small
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But for the small producers: their involvement in the organisational apparatus is primarily made possible through the sphere of circulation.
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These small producers do not have a monopoly on quality and value, however.
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Second, by concentrating compensation on very small producers it discriminates against our structure.
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She has offered her plight as an example of what is happening to many small producers .
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Unemployment soared, and many small producers of cash crops went bankrupt.
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The answer seemed to point to substantial cuts in price support together with a better re-distribution of budget towards smaller producers .
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Is there a future for the small producer , or have the big boys take the market?
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The smallest coffee producers , mostly sub-Saharan countries, are at the sharp end of fluctuations in price.
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coffee
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The smallest coffee producers , mostly sub-Saharan countries, are at the sharp end of fluctuations in price.
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Nevertheless, there are reports Costa Rica will ask coffee producers to suspend exports temporarily to shore up prices.
film
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It would be a film producer , an electronics company, a retailing outfit and a publishing house.
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Is there really any connection between Leonardo and Columbus apart from the sort imagined by flatulent film producers ?
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Inspired by those ten minutes in Bullitt, film producers even tried extending the car chase to fill the whole film.
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The film producer Sam Goldwyn was informed that an actress contracted to his studio had had a baby.
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And Mellor willingly accepted her lavish hospitality - even though he was Arts Minister at the time and she was a film producer .
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Can this tightly-controlled society churn out inspired film producers ?
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He replaces film producer David Putnam who is standing down after seven years in the position.
food
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From the time of Walpole they developed into a system of encouraging home manufactures and food producers while disadvantaging competitors.
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Y., a specialty foods producer whose line of six flavored mustards is just a few weeks into production.
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White farms are key food producers and the source of tobacco, a crucial export crop.
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Some of those diets were the result of a mutually beneficial alliance between physicians and food producers .
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We need more support from food producers and retailers.
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Why are they seduced by the marketing of the fast food producers ?
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Weight fixing Most foods may be packed in any weight the food producer chooses.
gas
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A wooden disc box from Supplier Action: not a greenhouse gas producer and not made from tropical hardwood.
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The Joint Venture and other gas producers in this area have the opportunity to participate in each package of contracts.
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Energy conservation and environmental pressures are rightly being placed on oil and gas producers in the North sea.
movie
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Scores of movie producers , co-stars and fans go gaga over the pretty-baby pout of Sridevi.
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The great movie producer , Sam Spiegel, was interviewing a few trust and estate lawyers to handle his will.
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In the midst of despair the movie producers drifted amongst other things into a new realism.
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Traditional publishers and movie producers are rushing to create content for delivery.
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Dunaway next year will assume the role of movie producer .
oil
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It can not be excluded from regional security arrangements if stability is to be achieved in oil flows from Gulf oil producers .
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Status: Intergovernmental organization of 13 major oil producers .
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These estimates confirm that the United Kingdom will remain an important oil producer .
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Is not the position that the United Kingdom will remain a very substantial oil producer until well into the next century?
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Strong gains came from other oil producers too, including Texaco, Chevron and Occidental.
price
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Trade was also cautious ahead of today's economic data, notably December retail sales and producer prices .
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Release of the producer price index and consumer price indexes will follow, she said.
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Mr. Ashby Has my right hon. Friend seen the good producer price figures issued today?
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The Prime Minister I saw the producer price figures issued this morning, and they are good news.
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Meanwhile, there was scarce evidence of inflation as producer prices showed no change from November to December.
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Bond-buyers have been spooked by rising inflation, most recently by April's 0.4% rise in core producer prices .
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We have had some excellent producer prices figures.
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The endowments and behaviour of households are taken as given, as are all pre-tax factor prices and producer prices.
television
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The editors and television producers have all changed; even the publishers are different now.
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It was the first opportunity for the second-term congressman and former television producer to address a national political convention.
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The work carried out is in demand from film and television producers .
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Whether the tapes are used depends upon the broadcasting and television producers .
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lead
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The United States, the leading producer of genetically altered food, had resisted the regulations.
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Autocatalysts Johnson Matthey is the worlds leading producer of autocatalysts, supplying more than one third of total world demand.
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The developing countries are pressed to eliminate trade barriers, which can lead to local producers being undermined by cheaper imports.
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Commercial organisations such as Wartsila, a leading producer of diesel power plants, have already begun using the software.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Japan is the biggest producer of stereo equipment.
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Many producers are being forced to cut costs and use cheaper materials.
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OPEC is an organization of 13 major oil producers.
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record producer Michael Fine
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the producers who sent the material regarded it as waste and paid for it to be taken off their hands.
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In such circumstances, the defence will not, of course, be available to the producer of the larger product. 6.
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Indeed, the reason you need talented and well-trained people is so they can be producers, not just processors.
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It turns out the producer had bought the book for his son and saw the letter.
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One thing is for certain - the role of the independent producer is secured.
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Release of the producer price index and consumer price indexes will follow, she said.
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Shoot the producer of that one.
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This radically affected the position of the writer, the scholar and the artist as producers.