Example sentences for: patten

How can you use “patten” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the Guardian, Andrew Neil, Murdoch's former editor of the London Sunday Times , said his ex-boss had "shown neither integrity nor morality in his handling of Patten's book.

  • Thursday, the Telegraph returned to the fray, reporting on its front page that HarperCollins Chairman Eddie Bell was "very low" and contemplating resignation after Murdoch's attack; and on an inside page that "outrage is bubbling to the surface in America" over Murdoch's dumping of the Patten memoirs.

  • Chris Patten, who himself comes from the "wet" side of the Tory fence, sharply increased social spending in his budgets, the business community thundered (rightly, I happen to think) that the proposals had been introduced with scant regard for long-term implications.

  • The Wall Street Journal reports that HarperCollins, owned by Rupert Murdoch, was to have published the memoirs of Chris Patten, last British governor of Hong Kong, but the two have parted company.

  • John Patten, the Education Secretary, is, according to The Times [4 February 1993], said to be anxious for standard English to be introduced without endangering regional variations.


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