Sentence examples for gained a commission from inspiring English sources
In December 2004 I accompanied Richard Thomas, the composer of the popular stage hit Jerry Springer The Opera, to Hanover, where he had gained a commission to develop an opera about a night in a British stand-up comedy club.
National Service with Field Marshal Montgomery's peacetime staff intervened (he subsequently gained a commission), following which he joined the Scotsman before returning to the Evening Dispatch as news editor.
He gained a commission, was eventually promoted to squadron leader and left the RAF in 1962, later working as a teacher and a mental health worker.
In the early 1840s Sharpe gained a commission from the trustees of the Weaver Navigation to build three (or four) churches along its route for their employees.
She failed to gain a commission to replace horse towing after fears were expressed that eddies from her wheel would damage canal banks.
If they can now produce it successfully, they hope to use it to gain a commission from Netflix or Lovefilm Instant to complete the series.
Electing for a career in journalism, he found this not to his liking and joined the army, gaining a commission in the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in 1963.
He spent less than a year there, leaving in 1927 without gaining a commission, after contracting gonorrhea.
Serving with the RAF throughout the Second World War, he gained a permanent commission and continued his career in the RAF after the war; he retired in 1963 with the rank of air commodore.
Mr de Weldon wandered around Europe, joining artists' colonies in France, Italy and Spain and eventually living for a time in London, where he gained a number of commissions, among them a portrait sculpture of George V.This led to a trip to Canada to sculpt its prime minister, Mackenzie King.
