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.

  • 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.

  • Just the other day, Chief Executive-designate Tung Chee-hwa--who will take over from Patten come July 1--sent a very loud official signal by declaring that "a noninterference policy would not meet the needs and strengthen the competitiveness" of today's Hong Kong.

  • The tabloid London Evening Standard devoted most of its front page Thursday to the sudden resignation of the editor in chief of Rupert Murdoch's London publishing company, HarperCollins, because Murdoch allegedly had demanded changes in the forthcoming memoirs (to be titled East and West ) of Britain's last governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten.

  • Patten was reported to have switched to a new publisher, Macmillan.


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