Sentence examples for being sponsored to from inspiring English sources

In bridge, tournament prizes are nugatory even the best professional players typically earn a living by teaching, gambling, or by being sponsored to play with rich amateurs.

My mother's ingenuity in the face of adversity meant that I ended up being sponsored to go to a private school, rather than a grammar.

Instead, he spelled out his conviction that the initially peaceful revolt against his rule, which subsequently spiraled into armed rebellion, forms part of a Western-led conspiracy in which al-Qaeda members are being sponsored to destroy Syria.

How can the university celebrate black students being sponsored to attend if they still face a culture of racism, insufficient welfare structures, whitewashed curriculums, and an educational attainment gap?

AstraZeneca only supports "a limited number of doctors to attend international conferences in connection with contracted services", it said, which means they would earn fees for speaking rather than being sponsored to listen.

Strangely, this exercise in New York egoism is being sponsored, to the tune of $2 million, by Fleet bank, the largest bank in Boston, "because we're the leading real-estate lender in New York, and we want to associate ourselves with things that say New York," said Rena DeSisto, a spokeswoman for the bank.

And I think you were sponsored to go to a private high school, right, Galway?

He could go on to be sponsored to complete a full- or part-time housing degree.

He was sponsored to wear a watch to test its performance in microgravity.

Levy was sponsored to come to Yeshiva by New Orleans businessman Barry Katz.

Lab Crawl: Since 2014-15, Lab Crawls are sponsored to promote interdisciplinary interactions.