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frames- [ARG0 The Japanese companies] [rel bankroll] [ARG1 many small U.S. companies with promising products or ideas] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 frequently putting their money behind projects that commercial banks wo n't touch *T*-191] .
- Their stock in trade as `` executive producers '' is sniffing out hot properties , locking them up and then getting [ARG0 big studios] to [rel bankroll] and distribute [ARG1 them] .