"patronage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Although his position on patronage kept peace in his party, it prevented him from building a strong political base.
- Recent public hearings on patronage in the Koch administration were provocative, but seriously incomplete.
- He acknowledged, however, that there was little communication between the two on patronage or other governmental and political matters.
- The vast majority of the officer class was still recruited in this manner based on family ties, and patronage.
- They were a reforming body, eager to bring order to the royal finances and bear down on patronage.
- Yet they are to an extraordinary extent dependent on governmental patronage.
- Each year he spent 100,000 to 150,000 francs from his civil list allowance on art purchases or cultural patronage.
- The pressure on patronage is very great, as you know.
- Social advancement was thus not dependent solely on birth, patronage, good luck, or even extraordinary ability.
- This had a negative effect on patronage as people found changing trains inconvenient.
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