Often, colonies own large tracts of land and, since they function as a collective unit, can afford top-of-the-line farm implements.

This, combined with concern over the level of support for the aged or disabled provided by the collective unit, encouraged peasants to have many sons.

Can probably offer a quick wrap already of South Africa's bowling attack: simply, the best collective unit in this World Cup.

Tribes were treated as a singular, collective unit.

Individual scientists, seen as skilled workers and as employees of their institutions, were expected to work as components of collective units.

The production teams were the basic agricultural collective units.

It is important to note that the decision to export and import in a free market economy is not made by the country as a collective unit.

Even though only three players have departed, the Devils are nowhere near the collective unit they were last spring and summer.

In 1985 workers in urban collective units earned an average annual income of 968.

Communes, the largest collective units, were divided in turn into production brigades and production teams.