His donation of such a large amount of money to Thebes would then have to be considered as part of Ptolemaic efforts to curry favour with the Greek city-states.
22.
As a fervent Catholic and a man of strong character he then retired in a small farm in the south of Germany, rather than curry favour with the Nazis.
23.
His desperation is readily apparent, as he makes increasingly hopeless manoeuvres and painful " faux pas " in trying to curry favour with those he perceives having superior social status.
24.
He converted to Roman Catholicism to curry favour with Di?m, and headed the military wing of the C?n Lao party, a secret Catholic organisation that maintained the Ng�s'grip on power.
25.
The other spices in the rich, red sauce smothering the succulent grilled chicken and trying to curry favour with your taste-buds are cumin seed and chilli powder, coriander and tumeric.
26.
Willow reveals that Kepler knows his secret, and Boy realises that Kepler had wanted Boy to curry favour from the Emperor by revealing his healthy son, and heir to the throne.
27.
Gaetulicus sought to curry favour with Tiberius successor Caligula, writing flattering comments about that emperor s birth, perhaps in the hope of securing a command in the projected invasion of Britain.
28.
As he wished to curry favour with the orthodox bishops and to replenish his treasury through confiscations, the Emperor gave orders for a synod, which was held in Bordeaux in 384.
29.
In an apparent effort to curry favour with the English, O'Malley went to the Lord Deputy of Ireland and offered two hundred fighting men to serve English interests in Ireland and Scotland.
30.
They better play by the rules, they better be honest, they better pay their taxes, they better not try to use their positions to curry favour with someone or privatise state belongings ."
