monopoly provider

collocation in English

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monopoly
noun[C or S]
uk
/məˈnɒp.əl.i/us
/məˈnɑː.pəl.i/
(an organization or group that has) complete control of something, especially an area of business, so that others have ...
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provider
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈvaɪ.dər/us
/prəˈvaɪ.dɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofmonopolyandproviderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No longer would the state be themonopolyproviderof welfare.
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It is important that we resist the amendments as they would only perpetuate the position in which there is onemonopolyprovider.
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The present reality is there, in onemonopolyproviderof analogue conditional access systems.
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Obviously, in some areas the local authority may be virtually themonopolyproviderof housing.
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We want to see an enabling state that will ensure that our health care is provided but does not see itself as amonopolyprovider.
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It strikes a careful balance to enable private sector bidders to compete against a powerful incumbentmonopolyprovider.
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There is a real danger of great cities being carved up into zones, each of which has amonopolyprovider.
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In that sense, one could argue that the clause was irrelevant and local authorities could continue to be themonopolyprovider.
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What possible advantages are there in returning to amonopolyprovider?
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So long as there is amonopolyprovider, the private sector will not flourish.
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If that is true of the competitive world, how much more important when the customer has little choice but is reliant on amonopolyprovider.
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It was the excessive dependence on local authorities as themonopolyproviderof subsidised housing which led directly to the dreadful conditions still found on many council estates today.
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More often, officers were monopoly providers; they charged what the traffic would bear.
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When local authorities are providers rather than enablers, they are always monopoly providers.
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Railways by their very nature are, to some extent, monopoly providers and must be regulated.
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Given that we have many village schools and schools that are monopoly providers for the area they serve, that is a remarkable achievement.
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In the past, too many authorities have been content to remain the monopoly providers of low-cost housing for rent.
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In reality, power was transferred to monopoly providers and monopoly producer unions.
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Trade and industry were insistent that it was impossible to regard the railways solely as a business as they were the monopoly providers of railway transport.
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