alternative providers
collocation in Englishmeaningsofalternativeandprovider
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alternative
adjective
uk/ɒlˈtɜː.nə.tɪv/us/ɑːlˈtɝː.nə.t̬ɪv/
An alternative plan or method is one that you can use if you do not want to use ...
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provider
noun[C]
uk/prəˈvaɪ.dər/us/prəˈvaɪ.dɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofalternativeandproviderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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He said that the ability to move to analternativeprovideris crucial to quality of service.
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Instead, purchasers must be able to defend their choices with reference to explicit evidence, rather than tacit knowledge or simple assumption concerning alternative providers' relevant characteristics.
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Individual members can already transfer their funds to alternative providers if they wish to do so.
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Such discrimination might then lead to sub-standard services for consumers and alternative providers.
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I am sure that, like me, the tenants in my constituency have no objection to genuine competition between alternative providers.
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That can be done in a perfect or near-perfect market in which there are many alternative providers to which to turn.
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Our real fight is with the alternative providers of power, light and heat.
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But crucially, in all countries, a pay gap exists between employees of the main providers and those of the new entrants or the alternative providers.
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Others might choose to explore the contribution that alternative providers could make in the aftermath of road traffic accidents, for example in dealing with non-hazardous spills.
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If we have to fight those alternative providers of power, light and heat, we must recognise that our only chance of doing so is by making coal cheap.
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Students can also choose to study in a variety of other countries through alternative providers.
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However, the continued recognition given to alternative providers suggests that this approach is not universally accepted.
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