security firm

collocation in English

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security
noun
uk
/sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/us
/səˈkjʊr.ə.t̬i/
protection of a person, building, organization, or country against threats such as crime or attacks by ...
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firm
adjective
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
not soft but not ...
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(Definition ofsecurityandfirmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The twenty-two guards work in close cooperation with thesecurityfirmthat patrols the perimeter and also arrest persons.
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The second largestsecurityfirmserviced 500 homes.
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Whatever the truth of these perceptions, they were widely held and were sufficient for everyone interviewed to shrug off worries about the training, practices and accountability ofsecurityfirmguards.
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Is there any evidence of negligence by thesecurityfirminvolved, or was it given inadequate and vague guidance by the hospital?
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The answer is that, in law, the claim would lie against thesecurityfirmrather than the insurance company.
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Asecurityfirmwas to take the matter so seriously that it was to talk to its trainees about dishonesty.
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Are the police or thesecurityfirmresponsible to the present employers in exactly the same way?
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They may be employees of a privatesecurityfirm.
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If all we are looking for is protection, we could pay a privatesecurityfirmto act as a bodyguard for us, individually and collectively.
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We believe that privatesecurityfirmemployees lack adequate vetting, initial training, probationary periods and inter-organisation communication and information.
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Training is expensive and if companies are in competition, they cannot win against another privatesecurityfirmthat does not attach great importance to training.
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That inspector is now retired from the police force and is employed, as are many former policemen, by asecurityfirm.
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Otherwise, anyone who hires asecurityfirmwould have to be licensed which would clearly be an unacceptable state of affairs.
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What will be the deterrent effect of an in-housesecurityfirmwith respect to perimeter fences?
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The number of personnel employed to staff the posts on contract depends upon the rostering arrangements adopted by thesecurityfirm.
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Perhaps those policing functions are to be devolved upon a contractsecurityfirm.
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We had to involve asecurityfirmto remove the children from our car-parking area and the general surroundings of the building.
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A large engineering firm, for example, may hire a privatesecurityfirmto man the gates and to provide manned guarding at night.
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I have spoken of asecurityfirmin my constituency, which was subsequently investigated by the police.
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