private contractor

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateandcontractor

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private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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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 ofprivateandcontractorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprivate contractor

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It came to pass that those tenderers were the works department and aprivatecontractor.
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Theprivatecontractorwill no longer make profits out of the facility, so will be reluctant to pay for the clearing-up costs.
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No one thinks of handing over our refreshment department to aprivatecontractor.
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This applies equally to a charge made by aprivatecontractorfor such services.
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It is obvious to me that theprivatecontractoris making a massive profit.
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Theprivatecontractormight be operating miles from a centre of population.
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I wonder whether such a facility would be provided by aprivatecontractor.
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It is therefore folly, when aprivatecontractorcan provide an ancillary service better than the direct labour force, to set one's face against it.
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However, there was a real problem because this new type of bonded floor offered by theprivatecontractorhad not been extensively supplied before.
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I should have thought that those were specifications that we should demand from everybody, whether it is an in-house person or aprivatecontractor.
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It falls on the local authority because of the failure of theprivatecontractor.
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Decisions are bound to be made in private if there are commercial sensitivities, particularly when dealing with more than oneprivatecontractor.
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It would be, at least, quite a departure to give such powers to aprivatecontractor.
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The purchaser of any patient transport service should satisfy itself that theprivatecontractorwill employ staff who are sufficiently qualified and of good character.
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Very worthwhile savings are being achieved whether the work remains in-house or goes to aprivatecontractor.
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That does not mean to say that aprivatecontractorwill necessarily always get the contract.
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It may be that excluding part or all of the scheme will fall to theprivatecontractor, but that need not be a problem.
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There is the old answer that theprivatecontractorcan do it.
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The total cost of emptying a cesspool comprises two elements: the local authority orprivatecontractorcollection charge and the water authority treatment charge.
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It is the comparison of costs of construction byprivatecontractorand by direct labour.
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