Sentence examples for given a commission from inspiring English sources

After a heroic episode he was given a commission as Lt. JG.

She will also be given a commission worth £5,000 at the discretion of NPG trustees.

The composer had entrée to the Chicago Opera Association, where he was given a commission for a comic opera.

In the end, although various brokers took clients through, no broker was given a commission on the $47 million sale.

After Hillier's, Benech was given a commission to revamp a garden in Normandy, and he was on his way.

Fraser was given a commission at the end of the war and served as a lieutenant with the Gordon Highlanders in the Middle East until 1947.

Another architect, Susana Torre, dismissed the idea of holding a design competition, as many expect, in favor of giving a commission outright to Frank Gehry to design a new "world arts center".

Sellers will give a commission of 5.10% of the transaction," he said.

When Northwest Airlines announced that it was going to stop giving a commission to Web retailers last year, Travelocity began including a service fee for Northwest tickets.

After the war he was given a regular commission in the Royal Air Force (RAF).

No painter of such limited talent, he felt, would have been given a court commission.