Sentence examples for patron as from inspiring English sources

Dedalus had managed to pull off a key coup for any small press: it had found not only a readership, but a patron as well.

The inscription dates from the third century of our era: For Tanonius Marcellinus, a most distinguished man of the consular rank at Campania and a most worthy patron as well, because of the good deeds by which he rescued the population from endless boredom, the entire people judges that this inscription should be recorded.

"Only two of us are showbiz, only me and Ben Ward [another director], so that's one-third of the board [the writer and the International Federation of Poker president, Anthony Holden, is another patron, as, to declare an interest, is this correspondent].

This policy has cast Ankara and Tehran, Assad's patron, as chief rivals in Syria.

The Dictionary defines "patron" as "one who countenances, supports, or protects.

Michael was the patron — as they say in cycling — of his generation of Grand Prix drivers.

Thirteen people, patrons as well as staff, survived.

Large-format bottles aren't catching on with restaurant patrons as fast as many brewers would like, either.

A problem arises when, at these happy gatherings, the restaurant is open to other patrons as well.

This notion has helped to foster the multibillion-dollar indoor tanning industry, supported by some young patrons as often as 20 times a month.

Vuillard continued to receive numerous commissions to paint portraits and decorative works for private patrons as well as for public buildings.