Sentence examples for a patron that from inspiring English sources

Elsewhere in the Arab world, Iranian proxies like Hezbollah will increasingly find themselves in the awkward position of being a resistance group purportedly fighting injustice while simultaneously cashing checks from a patron that is brutally suppressing justice at home.

In an ethnography of work relations in the textile industry in South India, De Neve (2001: 160) finds that the authority of an employer draws from his ability to become a patron, that is to provide jobs and lend money.

In the iconic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally, a patron that overheard Meg Ryan's -- shall we say satisfying -- lunch famously stated, "I'll have what she's having".

He has the endorsements of practically every mayoral candidate, but he is not the Mount Rushmore of a patron that Mr. Lopez styled himself as.

The prince told the audience of campaigners and policymakers at Time For Change – an event organised by the conservation charity Tusk, of which he is a patron – that he was "not prepared to be part of a generation that lets these iconic species disappear from the wild".

For example, aggregating and delivering mall-wide purchases for a patron that commutes via public transport.

- Former Minneapolis SWAT team leader and police sergeant David Clifford was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Thursday over an April assault on a bar patron that left the other man needing three brain surgeries.

– Former Minneapolis SWAT team leader and police sergeant David Clifford was sentenced to three and a half years in prison on Thursday over an April assault on a bar patron that left the other man needing three brain surgeries.

This helps Bloomspot show certain vendors that you're a "great patron" that should get a special offer, beyond the ones offered to the public.

"THE passing of Saddam Hussein's regime will deprive terrorist networks of a wealthy patron that pays for terrorist training, and offers rewards to families of suicide bombers," President Bush predicted in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute in February.

"The passing of Saddam Hussein's regime will deprive terrorist networks of a wealthy patron that pays for terrorist training and offers rewards for suicide bombers," the president said.