Sentence examples for before the commission because from inspiring English sources

The matter was before the commission because 240 Columbus Avenue is in the Upper West Side-Central Park West Historic District.

"Is putting a bunch of global generic shops on the pier the answer?" The proposal is before the commission because Pier 17 is within the South Street Seaport Historic District.

The P.B.A.'s president, Ed ward J. Kiernan, refused to comment when he was asked whether he was advising police men not to testify before the commission because of the pending suit.

But the heirs said, through their representatives, that they had not seen the point of going before the commission because the bank had stipulated in July that the painting would have to remain at the museum regardless of any outcome.

Vinoo P. Varghese, a lawyer for Councilman Halloran, contended that it was inappropriate for Mr. Bharara to speak about his client before the public commission because, he said, the councilman had not committed a crime.

That period ended in April, well before the commission could meet because of delays in appointments and security clearances.

Roches also supported Savaric in his struggles with Glastonbury, loaning the bishop money and being appointed to a papal commission to deal with Savaric's petitions, which went nowhere because Savaric died before the commission first met.

"I hesitated a lot before taking the commission, mainly because I wasn't sure I would be able to pull in a varied enough bunch of women.

Robert E. Curry Jr., a member of the New York State Public Service Commission, said he could not discuss the Oswego site because the issue might come before the commission, but he spoke about the Maryland plant.

Five more companies were involved in the cartels but not fined, because their involvement ended five years or more before the commission opened its investigations.

Neither did they appear before the commission.