Sentence examples for external patrons from inspiring English sources

Their fruitless meetings at luxurious hotels have been funded by external patrons.

They should also take strong steps to prevent regional interference while simultaneously inviting both sides' external patrons to the table.

The ability of the Syrian government and opposition groups to keep up the fight largely depends on the continued support of their external patrons.

Yet there remains a significant dichotomy between a sovereign state whose rule prevails and the current Lebanese model of sectarian quotas and powerful armed movements that operate below the level of the state with support from external patrons.

Alternative external patrons such as China, or a league of conservative Arab monarchies, or even an independent nuclear deterrent, are likely to be seriously contemplated in the House of Saud.

However, initial promises for an instant cabinet being formed a week later were quickly dispelled and replaced by a political merry-go-round where the various key players have been engaged in endless rounds of meetings between themselves and their respective external patrons.

I'll note here that as we consider how to serve our users, we're thinking about both external users (i.e. patrons) and internal users (i.e. library staff).

We have two external book drops available to library patrons.

We do not have "rush" or "urgent" status nor do we put patrons in contact with our external vendor.

The ʿAbbāsids still depended on him to keep order, and Abū Muslim served his patrons well by defeating both internal and external enemies.

Through the school health clubs and patrons, 14 schools had, by the time of the qualitative external evaluation, been trained on mosquito and malaria control and 3,000 members of the community trained to recognize and eliminate man-made mosquito breeding sites.