Sentence examples for patron which from inspiring English sources

Soon after, Queen Victoria became his patron, which she remained for the rest of his life.

Secondly, these cool, irreverent "startuppeurs"— a coinage used among French internet investors —have softened the image of the fat capitalist patron, which historically, has been the cartoon-like cliché which many French people love to hate.

In December 2008 the museum negotiated a $30 million bailout from Eli Broad, Los Angeles's leading cultural patron, which allowed it to maintain its facilities and avoid selling off artwork.

She gives the example of the Digismart scheme, of which she is a patron, which uses digital tools to mentor struggling school children, and has been introduced at 500 schools.

The first instance concerned a scandal involving the governor's accepting lavish gifts from a political patron, which cast a pall over Mr. Cuccinelli, who took gifts from the same donor.

His name and his signal achievement as an art patron, which Serota and many others had hoped to make a significant part of Tate Modern, are nowhere in evidence there today.

Those who attend the tournament are known as patrons, which makes them sound stoic or reserved, which they are not.

It will be open all day, serving customers who aren't SFJazz patrons, which Mr. Kline said was the point.

And perhaps it is worth noting here that La Fontaine was reliant on the kindness of rich patrons, which makes him at least a bit like Mr. Wilson.

The work will delve into the relationship between artists and patrons, which Hodges said resonated with the current discussion around private and public arts funding.

The money from his patrons, which was delivered through checks made out to a third party — one was stashed in a box of chocolates — paid for Ms. Hunter to live in various hotels and in gated communities in North Carolina and California.