Sentence examples for special patronage from inspiring English sources

Then there was the special patronage — buildings, roads, schools, hospitals, jobs — lavished on Colonel Qaddafi's two former hometowns, Surt and Sabha.

It is in this context that Cooper made the now famous declaration that "Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me" (VAJC, 63).

Their patronage engendered special treatment.

It came into its own in the time of Emperor Augustus in the late first century B.C. "I have selected this one city from all of Asia to be my own," Augustus declared in offering the city patronage and special protection.

Aleppo especially benefited from Sayf al-Dawla's patronage: of special note is the great palace of Halba outside Aleppo, as well as the gardens and aqueduct which he built there.

In 1206 1207, Coutances, along with his suffragan bishops, petitioned Philip for special legal procedures relating to patronage, which Philip granted.

The governor controls a large amount of patronage and money for special projects that he could use as leverage over the lawmakers.

So I'm glad Abbott is now in the leadership race, and I really don't care if it was tokenism or special measures or positive discrimination or patronage that got her there.

Saddam did not have the army, but he did have a series of concentric circles of supporters loyal to him because of the patronage he extended them (special-forces units and tribes).

Some of these revenue and savings options were too difficult in the easy times, generally because they would have angered important special interests or cut back on political patronage.

They just want to take the money and patronage that has been going to Republican special interests and give it to Democratic special interests.