Sentence examples for over patronage from inspiring English sources

The two coalition partners have squabbled over patronage.

Beyond him, there's no one who can wield such authority over patronage".

The most recent battles over patronage stem from oversight of the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn.

He could not control Roosevelt — the two battled over patronage, trusts and labor.

With the question of succession to Bourguiba unresolved and with party elites unwilling to relinquish any of their control over patronage or power, the PSD subsequently atrophied.

They formed a government in 1898 with Ōkuma as prime minister, but it foundered a few months later over patronage disputes.

It said Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, had agreed to take over the patronage of the concert as he "supports Daniel Barenboim's dedication to making music accessible to all people, irrespective of national, religious or ethnic boundaries".

The Fauconberg and Thweng families, who married Peter's sisters Agnes and Lucia, took over the patronage which continued for several centuries.

Pushtun tribes who feel passed over for government patronage, including the Noorzai and Achakzai, have hired out fighters to the Taliban in Panjwayi.

That community has undergone drastic economic and demographic changes since 1959, when Mr. Griffin, then a railroad engineer, ran for an Erie County supervisor's seat after being passed over for a patronage position in Buffalo's recreation department.

First, he denied him a say over federal patronage in Louisiana.