Sentence examples for Secure patronage from inspiring English sources
During the 19th century painters in Western societies began to lose their social position and secure patronage.
Despite his strategically placed literary dedication to Cosimo, Vasari, in his forties and still without secure patronage, had to wait nearly five years for the summons to Florence to serve the Duke.
Based on historical archives, interviews, and original survey evidence, Kristin Goss suggests that the gun control campaign has been stymied by a combination of factors, including the inability to secure patronage resources, the difficulties in articulating a message that would resonate with supporters, and strategic decisions made in the name of effective policy.
It's harder to secure patronage from a senior politician if you come to politics later in life (as female MPs, particularly those who have children tend to) or have less time available to build a network propping up the bar at the Carlton Club.
He probably did this because, having no private income, he wished to secure patronage to help him advance politically.
Little wonder America wants in – and that the academy has secured patronage there every bit as prestigious as its endorsements in Britain.
A steady drumbeat of criticism about the UN agencies during the 1990s, led by right-wing leaders in Congress, has left the impression of nearly moribund institutions, busy securing patronage slots for friends and relatives, and disconnected from the rapid advances in technology, finance and globalisation.
He didn't seem able to secure the patronage, the alliances, needed to succeed among the expatriate community in Rome.
Between them a plan is hatched to dupe Harold, secure the patronage of Peggy Guggenheim and launch a major new talent on the international art scene.
Sometime in the mid-1590's, after limited professional success, he managed to secure the patronage of the flamboyant Earl of Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, shown here in several portraits.
The latter name would have been enough of itself to secure the patronage of all desirous of sleeping quietly in their graves".
