private developer

collocation in English

meaningsofprivateanddeveloper

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private
adjective
uk
/ˈpraɪ.vət/us
/ˈpraɪ.vət/
only for one person or group and not ...
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developer
noun
uk
/dɪˈvel.ə.pər/us
/dɪˈvel.ə.pɚ/
a person or company that makes money from buying land, building new houses, offices, etc., or by changing existing buildings to sell ...
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(Definition ofprivateanddeveloperfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By contrast, there is nothing in particular that gives aprivatedevelopera particular claim to the land she is likely to receive under an urban redevelopment plan.
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Theprivatedeveloperhas been given the chance, and failed to take it.
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It is possible that the levy may be used by some landowners to create an artificial market value prejudicial against aprivatedeveloper.
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That partnership is led by the community and involves business, voluntary groups, housing associations and aprivatedeveloper.
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Theprivatedeveloperis in a very sad position.
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If houses have 20 years' more life, we cannot afford to throw them away or let theprivatedeveloperpull them down.
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Provision is made for bringing in the services of theprivatedeveloper.
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I cannot see how anyprivatedevelopercan operate under the scheme.
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There is no mention of theprivatedeveloperand the standards he should be asked to include.
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The problem is that the factory existed before the houses and theprivatedeveloperbuilt the houses round the factory.
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He said that "noprivatedeveloperwould be prepared to take on a scheme of this scale".
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However, that is contrary to what aprivatedeveloperdoes when he takes a risk.
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The intention here is to sell the sites under licence to aprivatedeveloperto encourage more starter homes to be built.
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In carrying out that policy, a local authority has certain benefits over theprivatedeveloper.
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At the end of the day the public authority is responsible to the electorate; theprivatedeveloperis not.
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The £200 million estimated cost would be attractive to aprivatedeveloperonly if tolls were sky-high.
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They often include those who have waited for many years to be able to occupy a newly-built house by aprivatedeveloper.
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There are no plans for commercial exploitation of the site by aprivatedeveloper.
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Anyprivatedeveloperwho has difficulty in letting or selling houses he is building stops building until the slack is made up.
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Who is stopping theprivatedeveloperfrom building houses or flats to let?
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