How To Use Commission In A Sentence

He moved to Paris in 1767, and after a couple of years had become so popular that he received regular commissions to write two or three operas a year for various theatres.
Nursing commissioned officer ( NNCO ) is a special necessary colony. Educate to NNCO is a new thing.
And I am certain the Commission of Inquiry will exonerate you in due course. MAMBO
Most of the salespeople are on commission.
Commissioned in 1963 to make a film about America's first successful quintuplet birth, Leacock and Joyce Chopra captured the quints' mother's anxiety at her sudden celebrity and the surrounding South Dakota community's eagerness to cash in on it. The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America

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The report criticized a former commissioner and two device division leaders for their role in approving Menaflex. FDA to Revoke Knee-Device Approval, Saying It Erred
The commission will seek to arbitrate a resolution before handing down a decision in late summer.
In 1537 it was ceded to Angelo Massimi, who commissioned Perino del Vaga to paint frescoes on each of the lateral walls and on the pilasters on either side of the entrance.
A study by the OECD and Mexico's Federal Competition Commission (CFC) found that 31% of Mexican household spending went on products supplied in monopolistic or highly oligopolistic markets.
When in the following October the nobody met Katsu Kaishu, the enlightened commissioners of the shogun's navy, it might have been with intent to assassinate him.
There was a even an issue cover I think, or at least some page art we had commissioned, showing Krugman as a crude pitchman or something.
The commission may come up with a new plan for overseeing the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which is accused of botching its end of the case. Peace, order and good government, eh?: December 2004 Archives
Moving Houses was commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, but here it is played (in a revised version) by the frumpily named Ethel.
We've gotten better with our techniques and applying them predeparture, ensuring we're looking at as broad a section of potential risk as possible, said Kevin McAleenan, deputy assistant commissioner of field operations at Customs and Border Protection, or CBP.CBP said the gap in U.S. security practices wasn't obvious until after the attempted Christmas attack. U.S. blocks 350 with suspected ties to terrorists
Admiral Lopez is one of the two flag officers in the U.S. Navy to achieve the rank of four-star admiral after direct commission from enlisted service.
However, the commission also subsumes the precautionary principle under a broader framework of risk analysis.
The companies said they anticipate the new system will be operated under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
The course teaches you the skills and knowledge needed to command, lead and support non-commissioned personnel. The Sun
Crucially, at the heart of this construct is the Commission, comprised of appointed technocrats ruling as benign Platonic guardians, protecting the interests of all the peoples of Europe. Democracy or stability?
In a more realistic scenario, Bulgaria will decommission reactors 1 and 2 by end - 2002 as agreed upon with the EC and it will preserve reactors 3 and 4.
The ships of several passenger and mail lines were also purchased, or leased as auxiliary cruisers, and were at once remanned and put in commission. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom
Compared with commissioners in other pro sports who are hired by team owners, he has considerably more power in regard to competition.
In 1865 a medical magazine set up a special commission to inquire into London workhouse infirmaries.
Nobody questions the wisdom behind the decision to set up the commission.
The commission suspects hate crimes against gays, lesbians, and transgender people are under-reported.
She earned ￡2 000in commission last month.
In response to a recommendation of the Calcutt Committee made in 1990, the press set up in 1991 the Commission and it was charged with upholding and enforcing the code, which was framed by the newspaper and the periodical industry.
Tradition took root and the ball has heralded a new beginning almost every year since - in 1942 and 1943, during World War II, the ball was temporarily put out of commission by a war-time "dimout. TIME.com: Top Stories
A terrible disservice is done to the half-million to one million non-Jewish parents helping to raise Jewish children whenever our community commissions yet another study to demonstrate how different the intermarried are from the in-married. Paul Golin: What Is the Biggest Divide in the Jewish Community?
We've had our reports, commissions, conferences, seminars, missions, synodical reviews, liturgical reforms - the lot.
A ram-raider returned to Medway in April to steal a Nissan Cabstar lorry from Commissioner's Road, Strood. Kos RSS Feed
You can commission them to paint something especially for you.
Yet several works were commissioned for smart urban dance, music-theatre and performance-art events; five of the 22 tracks are clever transcriptions of Shostakovich piano pieces.
He called on the Government to apply the maximum pressure on the commission to come to an early agreement so that those low-income farmers can be paid.
In stark contrast to its nature during the foundational period in the 1970s and early 1980s, the Commission in large measure both sets the Community agenda and acts as a power broker in the legislative process.
Variations in joint commissioning practice between social services and health services will have to be piloted and monitored carefully.
He didn't realize until much later what a spectacular achievement his father made in getting his commission as an officer.
Three overlying principles are central to the commission's findings.
In support of this they indicate that there have been worries about the ability of the Monopolies Commission to maintain consistency across its investigations.
The writ of election, issued this week by Commissioner Peter Irniq, says the nomination period will begin July 19 and end at 2 p.m. on July 29.
Imagine - the European Commission might want to harmonise uniforms and cap badges, or even metricate them.
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany has remained tight-lipped about options the conference might be weighing. Size of tournament, conference expansion lead NCAA agenda
A commission was scheduled to be appointed within 10 days of the end of the strike to investigate possible unwarranted dismissals since March 1.
In recent years, the outage has been used to construct or commission major capital projects to extend the plants' capability.
The artist's agent receives commission on a percentage basis.
It was probably true that Herkomer had at least copied from photographs in the execution of some of his portrait commissions.
Most clearly, it would be the manufacturers or entrepreneurs who commissioned weavers to create cotton textiles with woven patterns — stripes, checks, dimities used for garments and furnishing fabrics. The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
What is so alarming about the commissioner's report is the revelation that so many relatively minor inroads on civil liberties have gone unremarked and unnoticed.
This volume consists of Record Commission transcripts of documents found mostly in Normandy, and dated up to 1206 (the end of English control of the region). Calendar of Papers Preserved in France
He also denied charges of manhandling the accused and not informing the British High Commission at New Delhi regarding their arrest.
The Healthcare Commission should also reserve the right to take a closer look, randomly as well as responsively.
The turbines would have a lifespan of 25 years and after that period would be decommissioned and dismantled.
The Securities and Exchange Commission had charged the bank with covering up for outrageous bonuses given out at Merrill Lynch as the bank acquired the failed stockbrokerage, and now it was letting the bank off the hook with a chicken-feed fine. Robert Scheer: Letting the Banking Rats Out of the Bag
The other elephant in the room was decommissioning liabilities. Times, Sunday Times
He gets a basic salary plus commission.
Apart from the specially commissioned coronation pictures, none of the 1689 woodcuts were new.
Brooke's poems were published in 1911, and after a year wandering in the North America and the South Seas, he was commissioned into the Royal Navy.
Why commission a craftsman to labour for weeks on a design of guitar that was specifically intended for mass production?
You get 10% commission on everything you sell.
A sumptuous garniture, we learn, was commissioned by Charles V to make his son Philip look more plausible as a candidate for emperor in 1550. Armor as Wearable Sculpture
The Commission signed financial protocols with the member states on their respective responsibilities with regard to the management of EU monies.
The salesman can get commission on everything he sells.
First, it is given direction by a political arm, or college, of Commissioners, but the college is unelected.
Since choreographing Underland in Sydney, Stephen has been undertaking commissions in Sweden, Denmark, France and England through to 2005.
The Catholic commission said Sunday it compiled what it called credible witness reports of "systematic violence in the form of assaults, murders, torture, abductions and wanton destruction of property against innocent civilians whose alleged crime is to have voted wrongly. ANC Daily News Briefing
This year, the annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women has a new focus: the global economic downturn.
Now, 11 years later, he was the Chief Commissioner of the hill State of Manipur, and had willy-nilly to depute election officers and to supervise the polling and the counting.
He barnstormed for a time, then entered the Army Air Corps as a pilot trainee, graduating at the head of his class in 1925 and taking a commission in the Army Air Service Reserve.
BRUSSELS—Russia's failure to rescind a ban on European Union fruit and vegetable imports, agreed at a summit last week, has riled the European Commission, which is requesting the ban be removed immediately. EU: 'No Justification' for Russia Vegetable Ban
The new tenants are being put into occupation on probation; they are allotees of land and will not be able to claim possessive rights until the Land Commission is satisfied that they are capable farmers, and have proved their capacity to make productive use of th eland and furnish the regular payments that will amortise the purchase costs. G.K.'s Weekly - Land Policy of Ireland
The Public Utilities Commission inspects us once a year.
Unlike most SXSW acts, which perform in vacant lots or cave-like bars, Mr. West will perform at a decommissioned power plant capacity: 2,500, with eight cameramen filming the set for release online. Kanye Steals the Spotlight
In support of this they indicate that there have been worries about the ability of the Monopolies Commission to maintain consistency across its investigations.
He promoted the Virgin as its protectress, commissioning a hymn in her honour, and incurred criticism from Bruno of Querfurt for ‘favouring the Roman people above all others with money and honours'.
A commission was appointed to ensure the lottery was not rigged.
Sessions of the shire court were held under the jurisdiction of the Commissioners for each circuit.
To get rid of him, the emperor commissioned him (informally) to expel Odovacar from Italy. D. The Ostrogoths in Italy
The Commission for Racial Equality among others said the black makeup was demeaning to black people.
From there, demands for commissions came his way, and he has built everything from meditation treehouses in Hungary and outside Rome, to his most recent project: a treehouse on the river Spree for a client in Berlin, integrated into a weeping willow, that is for "meeting friends, writing and pleasure," he says. Closer to the Stars
Evidently neither Bull Connor, the segregationist police commissioner of Birmingham, nor the merchants expected this quiet beginning to blossom into a large-scale operation.
BigPond Movies has just released some research it commissioned to spruik its DVD-rental-by-mail service. Why Would You Use A DVD Rental Service? | Lifehacker Australia
Alan Kolaczkowski, a retired nuclear engineer, consulted with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on specific probabilities of accidents at nuclear plants.
The company commissioned research into consumer attitudes to new technology which showed that we are all a bunch of lily-livered, scaredy-cats when it comes to trying new gizmos.
Pro - Thaksin protesters are likely to be further enraged by the Election Commission's ruling.
Last month, Shang Fulin, chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, or CSRC, said that basic preparation for stock-index futures has been completed.
Lawyers for the schools had argued that abuse alleged to have happened years ago would make the commission's findings unsafe because of dimming of memory and non-availability of witnesses because of death.
Historically, wage boards, split evenly between labor and management, deadlock; so the commission has to decide.
By January 1768 they were back in Vienna, where Leopold had set his heart on securing an opera commission for Wolfgang.
The doctor said in the report to the disability commission that I had suffered `total and irreversible scarring of the retina". SKORPION'S DEATH
The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds
I sought express instructions that I was to make this argument and the Commissioner recognises that sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
A Royal Commission has been set up to examine environmental pollution.
Other revenue, which includes commissions and fees, was recorded at $162.9 million, which remained relatively flat over the comparative period one year ago.
Stock Commissioners to do away with the inspectorship at Medora, but the Committee, too, was wary of giving offense. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
The city of Worcester may appropriate a sum not exceed - ing seventy-five hundred dollars for the purpose of providing a suitable gift for the U.S. S. "Worcester" to properly com - memorate the dedication and commissioning of the afore - said ship. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
Financial consultants who mis-sell high-risk schemes do so because they are paid huge commissions by the fund management companies.
A major piece of research, commissioned by Media Trust, reveals there is an opportunity for Community Voices to add real value to current media activities within disadvantaged and isolated communities. 2009 November « Using technology in the voluntary and community sector
The European Commission is a very different beast.
Anyway, The Author is filled with lots of immensely practical articles by working authors, agents, commissioning editors and so on.
One of the primary tasks of the Commissioners is to recover those taxes which Parliament has decreed shall be paid.
Stacy Sullivan, another counterterrorism adviser with Human Rights Watch, said the Military Commissions Act is unclear on what happens if a guilty plea is allegedly coerced from a detainee. Complete Disorder | ATTACKERMAN
Recently, the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) approved of the following changes to the ThM program (formerly known as the MTh program) at St. Vladimir's: News from SVOTS.Edu
The Information Commissioner was not consulted by the Government before these amendments were tabled.
The traditional painterly mediums of oil and watercolour remain the norm for the portraiture commissions.
All waymarks referred to are the arrows for public rights of way, not Forestry Commission routes.
President Sirleaf says strengthening Liberia's General Auditing Commission and complying with the Norwegian-based Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has reduced corruption.
For Verve Remixed, the label commissioned electronica acts to remix songs as esteemed as Billie Holiday’s “Don’t Explain” and as bizarre as Tony Scott’s “Hare Krishna.” Disquiet » Industry Standards
Sixteen standing commissions were also created to advise on domestic and foreign affairs.
General Assembly of the Kirk, his acquaintance with the nobleman who held the office of Lord High Commissioner forced him more into public than suited either his views or inclinations. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
The trust would also need approval by the courts and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A Royal Commission has been set up to examine environmental pollution.
But it is hard to say, because although under age, he enlisted as an Ordinary Seaman on the outbreak of World War II, later going to the Fleet Air Arm as a telegraphist air gunner, earned a commission, and served overseas - at eighteen years of age probably the youngest sublieutenant in the RCNVR. Looking for Trouble
KING: Senator Leahy, in the Boston Globe today, in an op-ed piece, you continue your effort to get what you call a commission of inquiry to look back into the practices, the detainee interrogation practices, what you call the torture committed during the Bush administration. CNN Transcript May 3, 2009
Moreover, the area was haemorrhaging businesses and had been designated by the European Commission as an area of need.
Parliament voted on September 10 to create an interdepartmental commission of inquiry to try to track down investments made in Bulgarian overseas companies.
He was succeeded by his son Wacaw IV in 1378, a passionate bibliophile who commissioned a number of superbly illuminated books.
Girtin's first commissions were copies after prints and worked-up versions of amateur drawings of scenery and antiquities.
An action may also be brought against the Commission for failure to act under Article 232.
One of his kindnesses was commissioning a review of my book, which appears in this issue.
The general sentiment among lawyers is that the Commission is likely to favour plea bargaining if sufficient safeguards can be built in.
In the latter case, buyers pay a 15% commission.
He said that the report commissioned by the Government had not found any justification to ban the sport outright and that a joint committee had recently indicated such a ban would be in contravention of human rights laws.
The European Commission can confirm that Microsoft has proposed a consumer ballot screen as a solution to the pending antitrust case, " it said in a statement.
A philhellene, he obtained appointments in the Ionian Islands, including, in 1854, secretary to the Lord High Commissioner.
All but four members of the commission said that the last election was fair and honest.
The King agreed to dissolve the present commission.
The professor claimed that he should not have to appear before the commission on grounds of his age and ill health.
It is a bid to "reseal" the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), traditionally an exclusive domain of national capitals, parts of which seemed to have leaked to the European Commission in the first half of this decade. Spero News
Recent evidence suggests that buy-backs merely create banking commissions and do not stimulate growth.
Users can therefore search for medal awards (mainly gallantry and meritorious service awards), army and navy commissions, promotions, the naturalisation of an ancestor and much more during this crucial period in history.
The election commission reached an impasse on the day of the vote Thursday after the opposition, backed by international observers, demanded that votes be sent from individual polling stations by a satellite-based system believed to be tamperproof. Dictator's Son Winner of Togo Election
Pressure will be maintained on the Commission to manage the dairy market, internally and externally, in a way that allows a reasonable price return to producers.
They then often witness commissioners tangling with department management.
You may not get exactly what happened in a private meeting involving the commissioner of baseball, but I think it's the most honest section of a newspaper or in the periodicals.
The Commission for Racial Equality teaches organisations not to discriminate.
Kipling had hoped that pince-nez would get him through, but only the imperial poet's influence got his son a commission.
Salesmen and brokers who purport to be acting on your advice are frequently more interested in their commissions.
Even the arrivistes in California understood the sophistication required for a vigneron, commissioning fine architects to enhance their vineyards with beautiful buildings.
In 1969, he applied for Officer Candidate School and earned a commission as an Infantry officer.
In annulling this decision the Court has made it difficult for the Commission to proceed against collusive practices.
Before the decommissioning and construction of a maintenance facility can occur, however, the Navy must complete an environmental assessment report.
With so many ships out of commission , how can we win this war?
Stripping asbestos insulation off boilers and from fire barriers, decommissioning chemicals and munitions factories, making damaged nuclear reactors safe, and clearing landmines are examples.
Books and articles are now commissions and performances, and an increased emphasis is placed upon awards, recognitions and honours.
The suspended assistant police commissioner had stood stoically as the jury forewoman was asked 20 times for a verdict.
The utility was given monopoly status, in return for releasing control of electric rates and a number of other parameters to its regulatory commission.
The commissioner of London's Metropolitan police force says more than 30 per cent of robberies and muggings involve mobile phones.
In a hearing before the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, consumer advocate Meredith Hatfield quoted a recent report by consultants hired to monitor FairPoint's "cutover" from Verizon that suggested FairPoint is underestimating the number of customer orders that have gone unfilled since the official transition began in late January. Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news
When it was first realised that BSE could lead to new variant CJD, the European Commission banned the sale of all British beef.
The commission dubbed him an “inciter” but found no concrete evidence that he instigated riots; no Carmichael conspiracy existed, they concluded. Burial for a King
I understand that although he was a non-commissioned officer in the army he was held in high regard.
I accept the submission that a contributing factor to the need for extra training was the delay by the contractor in having all the equipment in place, commissioned and operating on time.
'Resdved, That the commissioners for coqapoundiog be Im - powered and required to seise and sequester all the estate, real and personal, of the said Lord Craven, and to receive the rents, Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical
Banks and other opponents warn that the commissioner might have to severely ration some medical services to stay within the budget.
Commissioned a lieutenant colonel in 1754, he fought the first skirmishes of what grew into the French and Indian War.
I joined as a private soldier in 1941 and I was commissioned as an officer in 1945.
Laurie Ebert is one of a very small number of financial planners who - while charging a commission - says he is determinedly non-aligned.
Included in this is the mandate to the Prime Minister to set up an Anti-corruption Commission as speedily as possible.
A telling example is the narrative cycle painted on a cassone, attributed to Filippino Lippi (1457 – 1504), probably commissioned by wealthy Florentine Jews. Art: Representation of Biblical Women.
The soap/moisturiser manufacturer recently commissioned a survey that pretty much confirmed what we already know.
A specially commissioned work of art was given to the winning sponsor.
As with that previous title, Denoël have once again commissioned cover art from Manchu. The Works of Tim Powers » 2008 » January
The commission's call comes in the latest edition of Enforcement Update, a periodical regulatory newsletter sent to financial institutions.
But we hear budget constraints and disappointing viewing figures have been blamed for the decision not to recommission the series. The Sun
Tax relief is provided by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of expenditure incurred on the repair, maintenance or restoration of the approved building or garden.
The Forestry Commission is responsible for preserving over 2 million acres of woodland.
While a variety of moulds are available, new ones are often made as special one-off commissions if requested.
The Forestry Commission is urging Yorkshire landowners to think twice before felling trees to ensure their actions do not fall foul of the law.
The Commission does not advocate change for its own sake.
The Venetian government and the confraternities were the most significant patrons, and their commissions to Venetian artists created a Venetian stylistic tradition.
The Assistant Commissioner didn't go into details.
When it opened it was the first of Yorkshire Water's new coastal schemes to be commissioned.
In the week before the key meeting of the Council last November, a plan was hatched to call a second meeting for February 12 to review progress on decommissioning.
Given its concern at what is taking place in Ireland, why did the commission mandarins have little or nothing of comfort to say when the adverse effects of the euro's decline was felt here?
Since the commission is always negotiable, and the agent's only true incentive is the commission, there's good reason for them to take on the extra work, and the seller can potentially realize the same or more net with a lower selling price. Something's Gotta Give
They commissioned an architect to design the new library.
Are you employed by a Futures Commission Merchant ( FCM )?
Now, I have accepted the debates that have been offered and, actually, Indiana has a debate commission which kind of organizes this. CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2008
In the USA, a new US $5million production line was commissioned at the New Century Kansas facility.
In Bangalore, the police have recovered 20 million rupees ($403, 000) in two cases during this election, said Shankar Bidari, the city's commissioner of police.
The Commission has a permanent staff of 24 and, in addition, employs eight seasonal staff during the summer and autumn periods.
The only time it becomes necessary to dispose of this material is when a reactor is decommissioned.
According to Foxe, Elizabeth's servants "entertained and cheered" the commissioners "as appertained to their honors. From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
Any party taking an appeal to the board from a decision or determination of the commissioner or of a board of assessors, hereinafter referred to as the appellee, shall file a petition with the clerk of the board of tax appeals and serve upon said appellee in the manner provided in section nine a copy thereof. Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
But times change and in any case there's that joke called the Human Rights Commission, who couldn't organise a piss-up at the Dog and Duck, but who think you should let any Tom, Dick or Hari join your party even if they're the wrong fahking colour, and you can't be arsed with the hassle, you really can't. Christina Patterson: What we can learn from the Sikh in the BNP
He had asked policy and department heads to follow up on Audit Commission's recommendation.
Now, I have accepted the debates that have been offered and actually Indiana has a debate commission which kind of organizes this and makes sure it's fair and nobody gets a special advantage. CNN Transcript Apr 26, 2008
From 1991 to 1998, the UN Special Commission (UNSCOM) identified and dismantled almost all of Iraq's prohibited weapons.
Unfortunately, the proposed code appears to be little more than another exercise in self-justification by the commission.
He was commissioned in the U.S. Army in 1970 after completing Reserve Officer Training.
As a first step, Labor will commission a new and independent assessment of non-proliferation and disarmament strategies.
Elsewhere, however, or in fur and jewelry boutiques that lease space in department stores, salespeople working on commission are often allowed leeway to move merchandise, he said.
That quote made me wonder if the commission is authorized to smack people. Augustine Committee Meets at MSFC Today - NASA Watch
Transportation was handled by designated transportation commissioners, and mines were under local officials of prefecture (fu), subprefecture (zhou), county (xian), and subcounty (ting) where mines were located. Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE)
EDITOR: The watchdog being the Audit Commission, normally known for cavilling about spending Archive 2009-08-01
The final segment was introduced by the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and, more germanely, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera.
CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton said speculators may have helped oil prices soar above $147 a barrel last summer.
It was her job to commission occasional articles.
It would cost $300 million to decommission the nuclear installation.
The former human rights and insurance lawyer said his commission would have no compunction about prosecuting corrupt foreign investors in court in the capital Freetown, and that could land them in a Sierra Leonean prison. West African leaders pledge to battle corruption

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