Sentence examples for commission for taking from inspiring English sources

However, he was later censured by an admiralty commission for taking Karluk into the ice, and for allowing Mackay's party to leave the main group despite the letter that Mackay and the others had signed, absolving the captain from responsibility.

Although Bartlett was criticised by an admiralty commission for taking Karluk into the ice, he was hailed as a hero by the public and by his former Karluk shipmates.

We thank the Commission for taking this long-awaited step in requiring automatic roaming.

The OverWorlds & UnderWorlds event is the first project by Leeds Canvas, an arts consortium, chosen three years ago as the Yorkshire region winner of a commission for Artists Taking the Lead.

This is the first project by Leeds Canvas, an arts consortium chosen three years ago as the Yorkshire region winner of a commission for Artists Taking the Lead.

EFSA is responsible for providing expert assessments on safety risks, while national governments and the European commission are responsible for taking action.

Likewise, the official said, the White House has yet to reach any conclusion about the commission's call for taking authority over covert paramilitary activities from the C.I.A. and giving it to the Pentagon.

Gov. Gray Davis, who has attacked the commission for not taking enough action to address California's crisis, called the commission's action "a step in the right direction" but said that the federal government needed to do more to ensure that spot prices were reasonable and past overcharges addressed.

"The European Commission is penalising Britain for taking tough decisions, putting in place a long-term economic plan and for having the most successful economy in the EU, while actually rewarding France for being an economic basket case," he said.

Mr. Pasqua, who was interior minister from 1986 to 1988, was sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended, and fined about $150,000, for taking commissions on sales to the Angolan Army in violation of a United Nations arms embargo.

It was among 12 commissions for Artists Taking the Lead, a Cultural Olympiad initiative which included works such as Nowhereisland, in which a 144ft chunk of Arctic rock was towed around the English coast, and Forest Pitch - two football matches staged on a cleared area of remote Scottish woodland.