"patronage" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- It allowed Gerard to acquire wardships, leases and a grant of wine free of duty, and he exercised considerable patronage.
- He will also appoint the regional governors, giving him discretion over considerable patronage.
- If an admiral commanded on a distant station, he had considerable patronage at his disposal.
- In the course of his career, Bo Xilai was the beneficiary of considerable patronage from former Communist Party leader Jiang Zemin.
- The firm "enjoyed considerable patronage from German-American clients" and produced a large number of works for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.
- There is considerable patronage for the game among the younger generation.
- Promotion by merit rather than political influence has long characterized the British civil service, but outside the civil service ministers still exercise considerable patronage.
- Khowar folk music had considerable patronage particularly during the rule of the Mehtars in the last century.
- Like mayors of cities, county executives control considerable patronage and have access to contributions.
- Through his family connections Calvert was able to benefit from considerable proprietarial patronage, at least until the American Revolution in 1776 ended proprietarial rule in Maryland.
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