Sentence examples for considerable patronage from inspiring English sources

For one thing, Mr. Donovan would be giving up a position that carries considerable patronage.

A reawakening of interest in Italy's classical heritage and the rise of new merchant and banking families at this northern Mediterranean gateway to the Continent produced impressive collections of antiquities, as well as considerable patronage of the arts.

While enjoying considerable patronage in the form of corporate consulting fees and grants from conservative foundations, he cast himself -- and was portrayed by his white conservative patrons -- as a brave dissident who rejected the "loyalty trap" of reflexive racial solidarity.

Like other members of the Anglo-Norman nobility, she bestowed considerable patronage on the Church.

In the course of his career, Bo Xilai was the beneficiary of considerable patronage from former Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin.

We've not even touched on his considerable taste for patronage — The Record made an admirable attempt to count the governor's many friends, admirers, party loyalists and contributors tucked away in the recesses of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

And the president's powers of patronage are considerable.

Beaton's rise was due in considerable part to the patronage of the British royal family.

According to an article in Vice media, Akhmetov "is reported to have used a system of patronage to exert considerable influence over several deputies in the house," and the oligarch's businesses "flourished exponentially".

Freshly elected provincial councils have considerable power to disburse development funds and patronage.

Wary of Russia withdrawing its patronage from Britain altogether - a considerable blow to the City, where Russian deposits amount to £50bn - the British government has been reluctant to take anything other than the narrowest view of the case.