government contractor

collocation in English

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government
noun
uk
/ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/us
/ˈɡʌv.ɚn.mənt/
the group of people who officially control ...
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contractor
noun[C]
uk
/kənˈtræk.tər/us
/ˈkɑːn.træk.tɚ/
a person or company that arranges to supply materials or workers for building or for ...
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(Definition ofgovernmentandcontractorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Government contractors, like other employers, are required to comply with the provisions of race relations legislation.
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The company was, however, also a majorgovernmentcontractor.
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He was prosecuted, not for what he had said of the government, but for some secondary things he had said of thegovernmentcontractor.
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He was a wealthy businessman, tin miner, moneylender andgovernmentcontractor.
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We have caught government contractors in this clause as well.
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Government contractors, like other employers, are required to comply with the provisions of race relations legislation.
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Government contractors and sub-contractors are requested to see to it that firms with whom they place sub-contracts receive payments on account in the same way.
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Internet use was then largely limited to government, academia and other government contractors until the net was opened to commercial use in the 1980s.
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There, he provides counseling to corporations and government contractors on crisis management.
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It would prohibit unions from using payroll-deducted funds for political purposes (the same restriction applying to payroll deductions, if any, by corporations and government contractors).
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Government contractors were paid in full for their costs, plus a certain percentage profit margin.
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Government employees, government contractors, and military officers often lack the training, education, licensing, and experience required to understand the legal requirements involving environmental safety.
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Traditional defense and government contractors started compete vigorously for these programs.
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Many others work for government contractors, including defense and security firms, which hold more than 15,000 federal contracts.
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Such a scheme is often used in military and government contractors to put the risk on the side of the vendor, and control costs.
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These menthe claim agents, speculators, subsidy-seekers, government contractors, and the all-purpose crookswere born from the war and entered politics after the fighting stopped.
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These government contractors were called "publicani", or "societas publicanorum" as individual company.
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These contracts are often used in military and government contractors to put the risk on the side of the vendor, and control costs.
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Government contractors are rushing to perfect infra-red and carbon dioxide laser beacons that can be mounted on armored vehicles and that will identify themselves to their own forces.
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Vandenberg supports a population greater than 18,000 composed of military, family members, government contractors, and civilian employees.
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