Sentence examples for patronage by from inspiring English sources

Some offices are treated as tools for patronage by politicians.

Dermatologists are uniformly in favor of strict regulations of tanning salons, especially prohibiting patronage by minors.

"Noh has a history of patronage by those who hold power," he said.

In practice, positions in the courts and in the state rabbinate are parceled out as patronage by religious political parties.

But he will have to beat back attempts to preserve patronage by exempting Surrogate's Court from the reorganization.

Much of the best work resulted from patronage by the court (often being produced in royally endowed workshops), by temples, and by wealthy individuals.

"All three parties, including the Conservatives, stood on a manifesto of addressing the fact that the House of Lords is there entirely by patronage or by heredity," he said.

In 1823 he settled in Prague, where he was enabled by noble patronage and by an advantageous marriage to devote himself to his scholarly and patriotic interests.

Gladstone's first administration "opened up" the civil service (by abolishing appointment by patronage), the army (by prohibiting the purchase of commissions) and the ancient universities (by insisting on the admission of dissenters).

He later defended the patronage decisions by saying that "by offering a little to the machine, [he] saved a lot".

Historically, institutions like museums, hospitals, schools, and universities have been supported by patronage, donations made by individuals or funding from church or state.