Sentence examples for unexpected patron from inspiring English sources
After a years-long campaign of letters, faxes and international flights, he found an unexpected patron in the inner circle of Myanmar's military junta: Gen. Chit Swe, the powerful minister of forestry, who controlled both the country's paltry national park system and its formidable timber industry.
Under the foundation's new designation, Creative Link for the Arts, McSweeney not only oversees the prestigious Ordway Award, which presents two $100,000 prizes (to a midcareer artist and a curator or arts writer) but also is devising new and unexpected ways to utilize donors, patrons and institutions in supporting the arts.
African chefs constantly have to explain and reassure patrons about the unexpected familiarity of the cuisine of Africa, even if many ingredients, especially in the Americas, are already part of the local vernacular.
Of course, when a director asks concertgoers to participate in a performance, some patrons might respond in unexpected ways.
Here he describes the unexpected problems posed by the hordes of displaced library patrons: With nowhere else to go, [they] now invaded office building lobbies, banks, food courts, and other quasi-public spaces.
As its general manager, he runs the dining room, tries to accommodate unexpected guests and walks the floor, ensuring each night's 250 patrons leave sated.
So in February, as noodle patrons across the city arrived for their morning fix, an unexpected notice awaited them: The price of a bowl of Lanzhou pulled beef noodles was going up.
Patron of NY Public Library.
