Sentence examples for offers patronage from inspiring English sources
Niels Arestrup also won the prize for best supporting actor for his portrayal of the old-style Corsican gang boss who offers patronage to the humble and submissive young greenhorn who ends up turning the tables on him.
This is unusual because philanthropy in India has – much like the government – been slow to offer patronage to serious undertakings in culture.
This is unusual because philanthropy in India has – much like the government – been slow to offer patronage to serious undertakings in culture.
Noting that the Institutional Revolutionary Party PRII) was sending "vote promoters" door to door to offer patronage in exchange for votes, he sought an effective countermeasure.
Because it's a lame-duck session -- with a dozen or more Democrats serving their last days after being defeated in the November, 1864, election in which Lincoln was reelected -- it's possible to twist arms, offer patronage and even appeal to consciences to get enough Democratic votes.
During his lifetime his fame as a scholar resulted in numerous offers of patronage by many of the contemporary Islāmic rulers.
"But if things are very tight some will be bought off by offers of patronage and will be reluctant to take a different line to the prime minister.
Sometimes they offer their patronage to a private company after it has become a winner.
Secrecy's protagonist is Zummo, a maker of beautiful and macabre waxworks, who is offered the patronage of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo III.
Even as Mr. Uribe's supporters are mounting an effort to amend the Constitution to allow him to run for a third term, another scandal emerged this week after a former member of Congress, Yidis Medina, said she had been offered illegal patronage favors in exchange for supporting an amendment that allowed Mr. Uribe to run for his second term, in 2006.
In part, this was because William was unable to offer significant patronage, despite the expectations from the loyalist barons that they would be rewarded.
