1.   A benefice consisting of six parishes can commonly have five patrons who all have views on their incumbent.

2.   Jordan had no patron, only a father-in-law.

3.   If ever he manages to do this, he concludes, he hopes he will have a patron of similar eminence.

4.   Al Forno, which takes no reservations, is open five days a week, serves dinner only and always has patrons waiting for tables.

5.   In time, the reasoning goes, theater-going habits may take root, and Broadway could have new patrons for life.

6.   Most have wealthy patrons, though money also comes from foundations and fund-raising events.

7.   The group had patrons like John D. Rockefeller Jr., Phoebe Apperson Hearst, Mabel Dodge Luhan and the Santa Fe Railway, among many.