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political
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Some 300,000 people work in state-owned enterprises, and many owe their jobs to political patronage .
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This step brought accusations of political patronage .
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His system of political patronage and agile intimidation of potential enemies reigns supreme in the economically depressed territories.
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They therefore blame not the buddy system but political patronage for government inefficiency.
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Another reason behind the opposition to political patronage is the national disdain for politics and politicians.
private
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Moreover, many nonconformists achieved considerable professional reputations and financial gain through private patronage from the native intelligentsia and the foreign community.
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In Britain, the old tradition of private patronage in the great provincial cities is reviving - but not fast enough.
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Eriugena himself was never part of the Carolingian ecclesiastical establishment and worked directly under the private patronage of Charles the Bald.
royal
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A golf tournament with royal patronage was too good an opportunity for a publicity-minded company to miss.
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The Woodvilles' assimilation into the political community was further eased by a less aggressive manipulation of royal patronage on their behalf.
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Cleese enlisted Royal patronage to work on the top-selling environment number.
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For the church this surge in royal patronage had damaging effects, pastoral and political.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another reason behind the opposition to political patronage is the national disdain for politics and politicians.
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As before, patronage of the Cambrian Limited was exceptional.
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As chief steward, Gloucester had access to significant patronage .
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He was a hustling precinct worker and brought out the vote, so he was rewarded with a patronage job.
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His patronage is due to the high recovery rate of hernia sufferers at his tomb.
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More curious is the extreme catholicism of their patronage .
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The judges' deliberate promotion of the Second Empire can perhaps be explained from the standpoint of patronage .
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This is deadly for a political machine that lives through patronage .