direct provider

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandprovider

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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provider
noun[C]
uk
/prəˈvaɪ.dər/us
/prəˈvaɪ.dɚ/
someone who ...
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(Definition ofdirectandproviderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect provider

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This policy regards the family not just as a unit which can satisfy the emotional aspects of older people's needs but also as adirectproviderof care to them.
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In common with other departmental agencies, it will be expected to move progressively towards becoming a purchaser rather thandirectproviderof executive services.
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The idea that every local authority should be adirectproviderof all the services for which it has responsibility has changed.
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It will continue to develop its role as an enabler rather than as adirectprovider, concentrating its effort on filling gaps in the market.
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As local government becomes more of an enabler and less of adirectprovider, in a way it is easier to disregard functions.
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She is not adirectprovider.
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Clinicians and other direct providers may offer excellent cross-cultural care while their organizations sustain unjust and disrespectful treatment at macroscopic levels.
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The new emphasis on local authorities acting as enablers rather than direct providers of subsidised housing parallels the expansion of the housing association movement.
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This simplifies the way the money is provided since careers services—as direct providers of services—are closer to schools and colleges and to young people.
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We have therefore been encouraging authorities to move away from their traditional role as direct providers and to adopt an enabling role in housing.
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Another challenge is that the role of authorities is changing as they increasingly become enablers rather than direct providers of services.
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We shall restore to local authorities the right to compete fairly and the ability to be direct providers of residential care.
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As direct providers of employment, most of these projects are of only comparative and relative value.
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Local authorities are increasingly becoming enablers rather than direct providers of subsidised housing.
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The greatest change has occurred in the old perception of local authorities as the direct providers of all or most services.
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