He provided extensive patronage to English and Italian humanists and presented a large part of his library to the University of Oxford.
This firm covered the entire United States with their business along with an extensive patronage in Canada, England, and Australia.
Tribal affiliations are all but extinct in urban areas, but even there the day-to-day navigation of state bureaucracy and business relationships is commonly facilitated by extensive patronage systems linking the local family with far-reaching groups of relatives and friends.
Through clientelism and an extensive patronage network, the party managed to secure two distinct benefits.
Like Mr. Boumédiène, Mr. Bouteflika installed an extensive patronage network and governed in partnership with the army.
Not only does Erdogan's power rest on this extensive patronage network, but through his cronyistic relationships with numerous business owners, the AKP government has found a vast and reliable source of revenue, reducing their reliance on the support of Turkey's citizenry.
Take Saint Vitus, with his cauldron and rooster, whose extensive remit apparently includes patronage of youth, smiths, pharmacists, brewers, vintners, innkeepers, actors, the deaf and helper for those suffering fits, illness of the eyes and sterility.
Sadler was also known for his extensive art collection and for his generous patronage of emerging artists.
It was an age of building, recovery and revival, extensive cultural patronage and competitive displays of ostentation.
It still enjoys extensive powers of patronage and coercion, as well as a monopoly on broadcast media.
Many fear crossing powerful local officials, who oversee vast investments of European development funds and enjoy extensive networks of patronage.
