1.   Government and private sponsors were expressing interest.

2.   Private sponsors are suspected of ulterior motives.

3.   Private sponsors poured money into the programs.

4.   Private sponsors have vanished.

5.   The effort is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and several private sponsors.

6.   The festival is coordinated by volunteers and financed by private sponsors.

7.   The orchestra and Perlman are playing without a fee, and the government of India and private sponsors are paying the expenses.

8.   Though the church oversees the university, it is primarily financed by private sponsors, the largest of which is the powerful Oneksimbank.

9.   Two local bonds and private sponsors provided the rest.

10.   What about the private sponsors whose civic contributions were lauded by Brown at his jubilant announcement Monday of the great city cleanup?