11.   The Finance Ministry said yesterday it now intends to sell Thomson as two distinct entities by the spring.

12.   The U.S. Agency for International Development, however, would remain a distinct entity, although it would fall more clearly under the secretary of state.

13.   The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, together with The Hearst Foundation, Inc., are administered collectively as The Hearst Foundations although they are distinct legal entities.

14.   Though distinct entities, both are run by Privateer Asset Management, a New York money management firm.

15.   As mentioned earlier, nation-states as distinct economic entities with decision-making powers in quest of national goals and objectives will diminish.

16.   As part of its reorganisation plan, EADS intended to separate its satellite and launcher activities into two distinct entities by the end of this year.

17.   There will not be two distinct national entities.

18.   The European Community, an institution that is a distinct diplomatic entity, will also ratify.