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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a radio/television broadcast
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The President addressed the nation in a television broadcast.
a radio/television commentary
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The royal wedding will be accompanied by a live television commentary.
a television appeal
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Following a national television appeal, several callers have phoned the police with information.
a television audience (= all the people who watch or listen to a particular programme )
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Nearly half the UK television audience watched the programme last Tuesday.
a television camera
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He never felt comfortable in front of television cameras.
a television channel
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NTV is Russia’s leading television channel.
a television licence British English (= which allows you to use your television and pays for public television programmes )
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Buying a television means you will need a television licence.
a television programme ( also a TV programme informal )
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There aren't many good TV programmes on an the moment.
a television/movie/cartoon character
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Who’s your favourite television character?
a television/radio reporter
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He told television reporters that he had no plans to resign.
a television/TV actor
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For several years he had small parts as a television actor.
a television/TV crew
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Journalists and TV crews were waiting outside their house.
a television/TV/Internet advertisement
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the new TV advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf
a TV/television/radio drama
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The book has been made into a television drama.
a TV/television/radio show
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What’s your favourite TV show?
advertise (sth) on television/in a newspaper etc
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Many companies will only advertise in the Sunday paper.
appear on television/stage
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He appeared on national television to deny the claims.
breakfast television
breakfast television/TV (= programmes on television in the early morning )
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The children all eat their cereal in front of breakfast television.
cable television
car/television/telephone etc rental
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The price includes accommodation and car rental.
closed circuit television
digital television
independent television/radio/broadcasting etc British English (= not owned or paid for by the government )
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independent television companies
public television
satellite television
television licence
television set
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a colour television set
television/film/stage etc adaptation
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He’s working on a screen adaptation of his latest novel.
television/film/theatre producer
television/newspaper/radio coverage (= provided by television newspapers etc )
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The private lives of celebrities get a lot of newspaper coverage.
television/radio/newspaper advertising
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Both candidates are spending millions on television advertising.
television/TV/computer monitor
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She was staring at her computer monitor.
watch television
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We watched television all evening.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
commercial
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Few would now see the introduction of commercial television in 1955 as the threat envisaged by, say, Lord Reith.
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This past spring, parents were treated to two workshops on the good and bad points of commercial television .
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After all most of us are accustomed with commercial television to having our viewing interrupted for advertisement breaks.
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The single-minded mission of commercial television today is to produce audiences for sale to advertisers of consumer goods and services.
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Already highly successful in popular music, dance and commercial television , blacks have found the movies a tougher nut to crack.
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There are fourteen commercial television companies, and a host of commercial radio stations.
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The second most important medium is commercial television , which has consistently maintained about 25% of the total. 7.
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A very much smaller advertising campaign was therefore mounted in the press and on commercial television .
digital
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Interference and ghost images caused by reflections of the received signal are more easily cancelled out in a digital television .
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Hey, how about that new digital television revolution?
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Color televisions evolve into digital televisions capable of showing several pictures simultaneously; videocassette recorders into camcorders.
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Then again, the transition to digital television could take much longer than expected.
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A digital television immediately decodes the incoming sound and picture signals and converts them into an 8-bit digital code.
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The potential bounty lies in a slice of the public airwaves designated to be the home of advanced, digital television .
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If a Federal Communications Commission deadline stands, the changeover from analog to digital television will be complete by 2006.
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People must buy either a new digital television or a converter box to use with their old set.
independent
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The results of the research will be given to both national and independent television networks.
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While they were still together she started a video course and now works for an independent television company.
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It was Mellor who salvaged something from the disastrous 1990 Broadcasting Bill, which presaged the widely-ridiculed independent television franchise round.
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These days there are hundreds of newspapers, including four competing dailies, and a handful of independent television and radio stations.
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Read in studio One of the founding fathers of independent television has been celebrating sixty years in broadcasting.
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The business is owned by the regional independent television companies.
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It is in the field of editorial content that the Great and Good of independent television have exercised their most direct influence.
live
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For example, some types of multimedia applications will involve online systems which combine live television information with other digital data.
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This week, she gave her first live television interview since the fall.
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It wasn't a private occasion - the meeting was screened live on prime-time television .
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Soon Qaddafi was explaining his plan to the world on live television from his tent in Tripoli.
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Two or more users can conduct video phone conversations and access live television pictures or send video mail, for instance.
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After the verdict was carried live on television , violence broke out in South-Central Los Angeles.
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Of course, the in-coming signal does not have to be live television .
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Endless live television coverage has made the Eleven Cities Tour into a truly national event.
local
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This Society has appeared twice on Radio Leeds and their next aim is to get on local television .
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There is only one media market, and only one local television station.
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At best, it might offer local television worthy of the name.
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They were restored a few hours later, after some local television and newspaper reporters got on to the story.
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Will it be cable that provides truly local television ?
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For example, will a Raider home game appear on local television again this year?
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He made almost a clean break with the game, except for some local television work.
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A.. This is the biggest blunder in the history of local television in the United States.
national
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Paul had given public undertakings on national radio and television that it would.
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She is on national television commercials.
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Three major national television documentaries, including one on the work of the local Drugs Squad, brought Wirral to national attention.
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Diller reportedly is trying to build a national network of television stations that would offer sports and entertainment programming.
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However, the necessary reputation could be obtained relatively quickly by an intensive advertising campaign on national television .
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In a schedule that should be released next week, the Eagles will have at least four national television appearances next season.
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And when the Raiders whip you on national television , no one forgets.
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Meanwhile, three other candidates demonstrated for a national television audience their growing irrelevance to the struggle for the nomination.
public
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Their Lordships certainly gained added public recognition from television .
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Some public television stations applauded the new initiative as something of a programming coup.
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Journalists on the public service television channel &038; 214.
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It took several years before we were able to reinstate a comprehensive schedule of public affairs programming on public television .
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The public fantasies of television might have destroyed the need for private ones.
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Weighty matters of economics and foreign policy appeared to be at stake as were the integrity and independence of public television .
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Carl Sagan, perhaps, on public television ?
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But there is another scene, scarcely ever shown, even on public television .
■ NOUN
ad
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It is encouraging that Gore's television ads have not trimmed to the right.
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The campaign believes the best way to reach independents is through more television ads .
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Now, in the television ads , he cheerfully delivered some hammy lines before falling backwards into a swimming pool.
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In speeches and television ads , Gov.
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We have seen the honest faces of the hometown insurance representative on television ads , face after face, year after year.
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The aim of the strategy session was to develop a nontraditional campaign without the use of expensive television ads .
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One television ad featured a live chicken to convey the message: Stop being one; start investing.
advertisement
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This makes the usual noises about the careful research which goes into making television advertisements , not to mention the advice-seeking.
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They ran a series of television advertisements , which they placed in prime time they purchased early in the campaign.
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Today the government launched its latest weapons in a campaign against speeding including this hard hitting television advertisement .
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As Arkansas governor, he had built public support for key legislation with television advertisements largely financed by corporate donations.
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In July 1990 a television advertisement by the Cot Death Association advised against placing infants to sleep prone.
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Just before Easter, I received a letter about a series of television advertisements .
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To a large extent, the election has been fought on the airwaves, with both candidates delivering television advertisements attacking each other.
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By way of exception, the Regulations do not give the Director General powers in relation to commercial radio and television advertisements or to cable advertisements.
audience
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A generation of sell-out shows and peak-time television audiences witnessed the Black and White shows.
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The truth was that by 1988 the television audience had entirely replaced the convention delegates as the focus of attention.
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Such agencies utilise consumer panels, readership surveys and television audience measurement to generate their information. 17.
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Meanwhile, three other candidates demonstrated for a national television audience their growing irrelevance to the struggle for the nomination.
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Hardly surprising then that budgets were kept low and most films were aimed at the television audience .
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Pilobolus now performs for stage and television audiences all over the world.
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The first show attracted a television audience of more than 2 million.
cable
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A project almost as big as the Channel Tunnel is now under way to bring cable television to every house in Britain.
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Killian said the company will concentrate on increasing customer take-up of its cable television services in 1996.
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It would certainly distract the attention of the powerful commercial groups that are about to join battle over cable television networks.
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General Instrument dominates the cable television industry with its scrambling and de-scrambling technology.
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But it will give affluent viewers a foretaste of life with cable television .
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Telephone companies may also begin to provide cable television and other video services.
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A coalition of cable television and long-distance carriers predicts it will take until next spring.
camera
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Outside Number 10 itself there was a solitary television camera crew.
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The civil trial provided a more subdued sequel, since Fujisaki refused to allow television cameras into his courtroom.
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He looked for television cameras - that must be the answer - it was being televised - people had dressed up.
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Smoke could be seen seeping in front of the television camera .
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The tram carried a mobile generator for the power and provided a stable platform for the television cameras .
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However, additional seating was created when the various Atlanta venues were redesigned to accommodate television cameras and other equipment.
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The lifeblood of Sarajevo will drain away, the television cameras will go home and Bosnia will be forgotten in the West.
channel
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The bill includes proposals for a new television channel , three new national commercial radio channels and numerous local services.
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The decision to introduce a television channel financed by advertising was one which had to be taken by government.
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The fiercest competition of all, therefore, is between the rival television channels .
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The prospect of a future which provides hundreds of television channels gives Madison Avenue nightmares.
circuit
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Estimates have now been obtained to install a closed circuit television system in both the Myles Meehan and the Long Gallery.
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Not in person, but via a closed circuit television screen that fills an entire wall.
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Obtaining the necessary, sometimes expensive, special equipment such as closed circuit television takes time and persistence.
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The trial made legal history when child witnesses gave evidence using closed circuit television cameras.
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It is a simple closed circuit television system, a video camera photographing a speech being rolled beneath it.
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For example, closed circuit television gives the helmsman a view of the engine compartment and of the aft deck of the boat.
colour
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The arrival of the Mendip mast and colour television brought an added breadth to viewing in the West.
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Tastefully decorated, spacious bedrooms with private bathrooms, colour television , central heating and sea view.
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All have colour televisions , direct dial telephones and tea and coffee making facilities.
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Now celebrating 19 years. Colour televisions , tea making facilities, ground floor bedrooms available, duvets.
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Full cooking facilities, refrigerators, cutlery, linen, colour televisions and central heating.
company
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As a result, to keep to their schedules, the television companies had to cut rates, resulting in falling revenues.
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The changes came after television companies protested a previous bill that barred them from providing telecommunications services.
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There are fourteen commercial television companies , and a host of commercial radio stations.
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Playing on the defense are telephone companies and cable television companies, providers that have enjoyed monopoly positions for decades.
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While they were still together she started a video course and now works for an independent television company .
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The company would be interested in forming alliances to allow television companies use its lines to transmit information.
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The broadcasts were relayed by satellite by the Avrasya television company .
coverage
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So when the press was biased towards the political right, television coverage would redress the balance by leaning to the left.
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What did he think of the current television coverage of the war?
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For rugby to get any significant U.S. television coverage , we need to be in the Olympics.
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Endless live television coverage has made the Eleven Cities Tour into a truly national event.
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Interminable television coverage blocking out the Scooby Doo repeats.
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It was Burrows who ensured that the television coverage of a tournament played in five countries was so successful.
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This is more expensive but it has a particular advantage in television coverage .
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If party rhetoric and television coverage ever set the public's agenda, they should have done so on defence.
drama
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And to what extent does television drama supply it?
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Most television drama attracts some mail from interested viewers but rarely does that mail arrive by the sackful.
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They are especially prevalent in some feature films, television dramas and documentaries.
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It's featured in television dramas such as Taggart and Prime Suspect 2.
interview
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Cossiga emphasized in a television interview that compromise had been necessary to avoid an early general election.
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Fujisaki said he decided to tighten previous restrictions after learning that Caraway had agreed to a television interview .
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She performed with great natural charm in a television interview and marvelled at all the stretch-limousines she rode in.
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This week, she gave her first live television interview since the fall.
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In a new television interview , he calls Mr Clinton a person without the background or experience for the office.
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His remarks, in a television interview , followed big electoral gains by the anti-immigrant far-right National Front. -Reuter.
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In the pre-Day era, television interviews were almost always respectful, dull, stiff and often insipid.
network
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Support for this theory, of an unexpected kind, had been provided a few weeks earlier by network television .
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The view from the top in network television can make you dizzy.
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Domestic network television now accounts for just half of Televisa's sales, compared with more than 70% in 1990.
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A national network television audience can judge for itself when the Suns visit the Lakers and attempt to break a two-game skid.
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But commentators from the opposite end of the political spectrum are virtually excluded from the national discourse, especially on network television .
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So, we do not let our children watch network television , except for an occasional sporting event.
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This is network television , remember.
news
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Instead it became more dependent upon how frequently they watched television news .
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The craft of the writer is put to the test as each story must conform to the needs of television news .
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It is perhaps significant that there appeared to be more choice of newspaper than of television news .
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Some news show consultants believe in forming a television news pseudo-family to attract audiences.
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Quite by chance, and unknown to the police, the incident was filmed and broadcast later on national television news .
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It is at this very basic level that fires make a good subject for television news .
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And the way that, say, television news addresses you is as a particular type of person.
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You can watch television news programs from now until doomsday and never come across any statement about Manny Freebus.
presenter
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The only woman included within the Cabinet was Akiko Santo, a television presenter and member of the Takeshita faction.
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Every year they name a new flower after a personality - this year's was television presenter Anne Gregg.
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The smile that launched a career Fans of television presenter Michaela Strachan love her famous cheeky grin.
producer
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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 .
program
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Books, movies and television programs are censored.
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The Wall Street Journal Report, our nationally syndicated television program , reaches millions more on weekends.
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After all, we plan for meals, work, dental visits, errands, and television programs .
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It made history, becoming the highest-rated television program ever.
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Sony is also involved in distributing television programs and has its own music label, Sony Records.
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Not content with one show, a deal to add two more television programs is expected within a couple of weeks.
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More than two billion dollars was reported to be at risk because of that one offending television program .
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Teachers, textbooks, television programs , and films all tend to show heavy feminist influence.
programme
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Although around 12 eggs in a season is normal, one female observed during filming of a television programme laid 25.
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It all came to light when I travelled from Bradford to London to take part in a television programme about multiculturalism.
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Now a new television programme re-tells the murder hunt.
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He analysed more than 100 responses to a television programme Help asking for experiences of residential care.
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It was said to be Mrs Thatcher's favourite television programme - indeed, she actually took part in a rehearsal.
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I let myself be persuaded to take part in a television programme about books.
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We went home and made a half-hour colour television programme which was marvellous.
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I shall take as my starting point a television programme I imagine many of you will have seen recently.
programmes
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That said, television programmes can sometimes be surprisingly adventurous.
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The downside to this is that they lose valuable advertising space on television programmes such as Saturday Superstore.
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It is the necessary end-point of the detailed study of television programmes .
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He is developing a company called Earthspeak Productions to produce television programmes on all types of environmental issues.
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Gillian Darley has written and presented a series of books and television programmes .
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Curiously, I have become even more strongly persuaded of that since I began dabbling in the making of political television programmes .
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The panel system is also used by audience research for their reactions to radio and television programmes .
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We were preparing television programmes on laboratory work when most teachers counted themselves lucky if there was any chalk available.
reporter
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A television reporter was roughed up.
satellite
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But the advent of long-range camera lenses, satellite television and instantaneous news changed that for ever.
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Junior suites at the Calinda, which include two double beds and satellite television , cost $ 50 per night or less.
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Still less can they accept impartial public broadcasting combined with a biased press and biased satellite television .
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It is the deregulated, free-market media world of satellite television and video recorders where the real violence is played out.
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The legal rules are unsettled, and will cause some confusion with the advent of satellite television .
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He is unable to separate his contribution to what should be a well-informed debate from a satellite television knockabout.
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The age of satellite television began in 1988 when the Astra Satellite was launched.
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Restrictions on photocopiers and satellite television equipment were also lifted.
screen
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Today the new Little People, those who dance nightly on the television screen , have ousted the old.
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It has been three weeks since the indistinct videotape image hit television screens with the impact of, well, a whip.
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This is why a black and white television screen is satisfactory as a means of communication.
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In his lobby the building management had set up a television screen so that the doorman could watch for criminals.
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She shook her head and stared into the fire and then at the television screen .
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The television screen is smaller than life.
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He stared at the empty television screen , at a loss, silenced.
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He was physically attractive and highly photogenic; on the television screen he came across as a man of warmth and charm.
series
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The presenter of a television series has some advantage over a writer, since filming is more flexible than book production.
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Ask yourself this: Could a ferret ever do what Lassie used to do on that old television series ?
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Among those whose work was recognised was Mr K K Sampathknmar who received the award for the best television series .
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As long as there are agents, movies, conflicts, illnesses and death, television series will have cast changes.
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The close link in Britain between television series and the best-seller lists is not reflected worldwide.
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Of 139 television series examined, only 18 featured a continuing Hispanic character, the study found.
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In emotional terms, the boy in the television series seemed to cope admirably.
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Apparently a television series is in development; he is certainly worth watching.
service
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Killian said the company will concentrate on increasing customer take-up of its cable television services in 1996.
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Without doubt, it is probably the most novel and most different television service in the world.
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A Chilton poll of 1000 adults found 63 percent at least somewhat interested in interactive television services .
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His crime: to run a television service which tried not to lie.
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It has 17 pay television services , 3, 000 employees and 2. 6 million subscribers.
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Trading at the film and television services division and the video and audio production and distribution arm was generally stable.
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Then the public would not face a sudden loss of television service .
set
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Now, no one could claim that a television set saves time.
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A television set rested on an antique pine blanket-chest at the foot of the bed.
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In one street, the pavement is stacked with cardboard boxes of Toshiba television sets .
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Somebody turned off the television set .
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A television set was playing Indiana Jones.
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Margotte rarely turned on the television set .
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There was no television set , no record player, not even a radio.
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He paused, his red face turned toward the blank television set .
show
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But tonight on the Gerry Anderson television show will make it worth the wait.
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And the television show Lost From View featured the Danielle mystery.
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As with the television shows , the arbiter of success is the ratings.
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Part of her job was to do a weekly television show on clothing design and construction.
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Their leader, Ellen Greve of Brisbane, was challenged to demonstrate her diet on a television show in October 1999.
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He wanted them to write a television show for him.
state
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He amplified his views in a broadcast on state television .
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A report on state television said all the victims were believed to have died from suffocation.
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On Jan. 31 state television announced that all but 34 of the 232 people arrested on Jan. 21 and 22 had been freed.
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Last week state television reported that 24 candidates stood, and that eight new members were elected.
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The next day, Lasa Koul, the head of the state television , was assassinated in the city.
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The assault was videotaped two years ago, but shown for the first time last week on state television .
station
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On Jan. 14 Gorbachev publicly denied prior knowledge of the attack on the television station .
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The government does not own or substantially regulate newspapers, radio or television stations , or news wire services.
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It included radio and television stations , paging devices, mobile telephones, Orion Pictures and the Harlem Globetrotters.
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But the councils have the power to investigate corruption and run their own radio and television stations .
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In addition to Lagos at least ten other states have well-advanced plans for their own television stations .
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She began to suspect she had a serious problem after an appearance on a Washington television station .
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On the following day there was fierce fighting at the television station and the building was partially destroyed by fire.
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That ruling is being appealed by television stations and a hearing is set for next week.
viewer
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Firstly, it is time to accept that television viewers are now totally multi-channel orientated, no longer staying with one channel solely.
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What does this mean for a television viewer ?
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It was Liz's worst scenario coming true, in front of hundreds of millions of television viewers .
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But all television viewers see the same broadcast.
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The Robe had been shot in Cinemascope in order to tempt the new television viewers back into the cinemas.
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Stocks chosen by darts or chimps do not have the same following among television viewers .
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The unoccupied places around them must have given television viewers a picture of hosts abandoned by their guests of honour.
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No one can tell what thoughts pass through the minds of newspaper readers or television viewers .
watch
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So, people watch television because ...?
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Unlike Jessica, Sam has toys and watches television and goes to school.
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There was usually literally nothing for clients to do but sit, watch television , or walk about.
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It eliminates your den if your children watch television there or if you watch television there for your own enjoyment.
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All I could do was watch television .
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But she loves to read and would rather listen to the radio than watch television .
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Eventually she moved the phone into the hall and made herself watch television , though she hardly knew what she was watching.
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I would lie on this and watch television .
■ VERB
advertise
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Many people involved in film work as directors, writers and actors also work in advertising , theatre and television .
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Now the betting shops are lobbying for the right to advertise on television .
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In particular, the freedom since 1987 to advertise on radio and television does not seem to have exercised any discernible effect.
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Gramm is still on the presidential ballot here, and he is advertising on television for his Senate re-election campaign.
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In Britain, by industry agreement, gin, whisky and vodka are not advertised on television .
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Within weeks of forming the campaign we had a chance to advertise on a television show with a huge audience.
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Getting on for 50% of the money spent on advertising goes into television , and more like 70% in big agencies.
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Huge poster hoardings advertise television sets and refrigerators.
appear
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I also go to conferences, seminars, speak on programmes like Farming Today, appear on television and write letters.
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None of them appear in television commercials with star players, as Jones does.
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They arrived together, dressed with the studied perfection only achieved by gangsters and people about to appear on television .
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For example, will a Raider home game appear on local television again this year?
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First of all, he appeared on television like he was some kind of game-show berk, not a businessman.
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His name has appeared on billboards, television and radio stations, computer terminals and a Johns Hopkins research building.
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If only he were attractive to women! 9 Dyson was invited to appear on television again.
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Now he appears on television and is asked by newspapers and magazines for his stock ideas.
broadcast
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Their audiences were found in independent cinemas and discussion groups: their relationship to broadcast television was at that time non-existent.
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The day-long seminars will be broadcast through high-definition television on to large theater screens in 20 cities.
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Quite by chance, and unknown to the police, the incident was filmed and broadcast later on national television news.
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And satellite technology has vastly expanded long-distance broadcast communications, especially television .
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This can best be seen in the case of television broadcasting .
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When these pictures were broadcast live across international television screens, it was obvious that the issue was misogyny, not theology.
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His funeral at Grace Cathedral was broadcast on live television .
see
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He had seen her on television .
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I have not seen Jimmy Swaggart on television for a long time now.
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She read about it and saw it on television .
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But, then, he seems utterly baffled as to why his daughter sees television so differently from him.
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I've seen him on television turning obvious singles into twos on huge grounds like Melbourne.
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They saw in educational television the opportunity to get a jump start on quality education at comparatively low cost.
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It happened at the time of the National Junior Championships in Nottingham and we hadn't seen the television that morning.
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Kramer had to laugh every time he saw a television show with a courtroom scene.
turn
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Electrics Always turn off the television , video and stereo when they are not in use.
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Somebody turned off the television set.
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He turned off the television and recorder and returned to the kitchen.
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Other companies are turning to television , which offers access to a much broader but less affluent market.
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He missed the tournament because of a knee injury, so he turned to commentating on television .
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Billie turned back to the television .
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After dinner they went into the sitting-room and she turned on the television .
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Margotte rarely turned on the television set.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
colour television/photograph/printer etc
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All bedrooms are of a high standard offering private facilities, satellite colour television, in-house movies and hospitality tray.
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All rooms have central heating, colour television, tea/coffee making facilities, en suite or private shower.
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Answer Every room has a nineteen inch colour television, tea-making facilities and a direct dialling telephone system.
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He carried a colour photograph of his mill in the same way that others carry their wives and children.
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If you're lucky enough to have a colour printer, you can also fiddle with text and background colours.
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It has an enticing colour photograph of palm trees and white sand.
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The exhibition is lavishly illustrated with colour photographs and features a moss garden composed entirely of local Ulster mosses.
in front of the television/TV/computer etc
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It is immoral to do the ironing in front of the television when there is a good film on.
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Put three movie fans in front of the computer, start the game and quietly leave.
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She would install Hannah in front of the television and retreat to another room.
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Smoke could be seen seeping in front of the television camera.
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That night I cooked dinner and we ate in front of the television.
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Then she went back into the living room and sat in front of the television set without turning it on.
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Too many hours in front of the computer screen can destroy physical fitness.
television/sports/fresh-air etc fiend
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Television brings events like the Olympic games into millions of homes.
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a 36-inch television
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a wide-screen TV
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American television news programs are getting worse and worse.
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He was sitting on the floor in front of the television .
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People who watch a lot of television are more likely to be heavy.
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the educational uses of television
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Each night I watch the television news.
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He groaned and turned off the television .
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Nothing else big was happening in the world and newspapers love to highlight problems that the television networks face.
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People, for instance, are comfortable with the way televisions and telephones work.
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Remember also to check the boiler and telephone, and the television and radio reception.
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The general public and those who watch our proceedings on television must wonder whether we are really fighting.
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The statement was aired for the first time in a recent television documentary on his life.
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We shout our hatred of them at public forums and into radio and television microphones.