Sentence examples for source of patronage from inspiring English sources

This gives politicians a huge source of patronage.

Lobbying jobs are a major source of patronage -- a reward for the loyal.

Court appointments have long been a main source of patronage for the politically connected.

To protect this source of patronage, it has also sabotaged Mumbai's municipal government.

So outsiders must work through local groups, which become a powerful source of patronage.

For generations, it had been a source of patronage jobs and sweetheart deals for the connected and the lucky.

Now, the party is deeply fractured, and battles for access to the sources of patronage preoccupy much of the government.

"Yes, there were a handful of elected officials that screamed because their two biggest sources of patronage were taken away from them.

But other sources of patronage existed in Florence, for example, where the art of Lorenzo Ghiberti and Lorenzo Monaco merged with that of the early Renaissance.

Local politicians have often used schools as sources of patronage, appointing loyal supporters to jobs for which they are unsuited for.

But his efforts have aroused opposition among workers, who fear layoffs after private owners take control of the companies, and among politicians, who have used state-owned companies as convenient sources of patronage.