"patronage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- When Hanna returned to Canton, he informed McKinley that the bosses would guarantee his nomination in exchange for control of local patronage.
- They considered themselves the king's "natural councillors" and were also the heads of a system of local patronage and loyalty.
- Like much Sardinian work, Cavaro's painting is a stylistic hybrid, shaped by local patronage, skills and devotional practices.
- The hall was built to attract local and tourist patronage and was fully licensed for music, dancing and the sale of alcohol.
- He built a political career on a system of local patronage.
- Redlands won because there was no other college in that part of the state, insuring a large local patronage.
- A less positive consequence was that the councils were largely dominated by the Irish Party, becoming the wielders of local patronage.
- Complaints like this came most often from the Mediterranean, where the boundary between Admiralty and local patronage was ill defined.
- Some temples also received local patronage from rich landlords.
- A copy of the manuscript was in the hands of the Avogadro family, which was known for their local patronage.
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