Sentence examples for was sponsored for from inspiring English sources

The race was sponsored for fourth time by Ladbrokes.

The race was sponsored for the final time by Beefeater Gin who had invested £1.4 million in the event over the previous three-year contract period.

Shaw had developed a reputation as a "gentleman and a citizen" and was sponsored for the office of Lord Mayor of London by the Scriveners' Company, and became only the second member of that guild to achieve that honour.

The actor -- who was sponsored for membership by his parents, the actors Fernando Lamas and Arlene Dahl -- says he's not proud of some of his most recent credits, which also include a short-lived 2009 E! reality show about his family called "Leave It to Lamas".

A Nexin device was sponsored for this study by BMEYE B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, but, apart from the device, the authors did not receive any other compensation for performing the study.

Emily Hurd and Stone Blind Valentine I first met the singer-songwriter Emily Hurd about three years ago, when she opened for a show I was sponsoring for a Brooklyn artist, Jann Klose.

Memorial plaques may be sponsored for 95 euros (about $125) each.

"How many artists do you know who are sponsored for a billion euros?

Alcohol Concern and Cancer Research UK are running fundraising campaigns in which participants are sponsored for abstaining from drink throughout January.

This was despite working for, and being sponsored for, a 457 visa by the Da Silvas, who were members of the Hells Angels.

Both men were being sponsored for green cards by employers, as "aliens of extraordinary ability" -- a phrase "that makes people think of E.T.," Ms. Barschdorff joked.