independent provider
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindependentandprovider
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independent
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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provider
noun[C]
uk/prəˈvaɪ.dər/us/prəˈvaɪ.dɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofindependentandproviderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofindependent provider
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But we're now fighting on two fronts, as a smallindependentprovider.
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In one authority it was not even clear from the files whether the in-house service or anindependentproviderhad provided care.
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Since 1993 older people whose local authorities are paying for care from anindependentprovidermust have their need authenticated by these purchasers.
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Where such services provide good value, the health authority is certainly free to establish a contract with anindependentprovider.
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Outdoor education centres are the responsibility of the operator, usually a local authority or anindependentprovider.
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A local authority must simply ensure that £200-worth of services are provided, but that could be done through anindependentprovider.
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Where else would we have two university chancellors talking about nursing courses in their universities and a view from anindependentprovider?
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Viers is the world's largestindependentproviderof sound effects to the movie, television, radio, and video game industries, with over 250,000 sound effects and over 650 libraries by 2012.
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Provision became competitive, with independent providers competing in markets or quasimarkets.
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This will require a shared responsibility among independent providers and procedures that straddle housing, social and health service providers.
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An increasingly important source of funding for independent providers was the non-cash-limited social security budget.
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As for the independent providers, their main concerns included late payments, lack of communication with their local authority, care standards being too complicated, and low fees.
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A number of authorities are also inspecting, on a voluntary basis, other independent providers.
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This position applies equally for all independent providers.
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In the 1980s, there was much pressure to move some of the responsibilities of health and social care on to independent providers.
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Figures for other maintained1and private, voluntary and independent providers are not collected at parliamentary constituency level.
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Local authorities are expected to provide increasing home care services through a market mechanism using independent providers rather than providing direct services themselves.
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In the long term, independent providers of goods and services must be the best way forward.
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