Sentence examples for receiving a commission from inspiring English sources

Dr Nguyen sends about 100 students a year to Britain, receiving a commission from the colleges that accept them.

After receiving a commission in 1930 as a pilot and combat observer, he became one of the top navigators.

He became a member of the Jacobin Club in 1790, and, when France went to war with Austria in April 1792, he joined the Army of the North, receiving a commission as lieutenant general in September.

Mr. Irwin said he made money by marking up the price he paid for the horse, taking 10 percent of the profits and receiving a commission when the horse was sold.

He's an artist satirizing the moral decline of modern society who, nonetheless, has no difficulty dropping any critical references to the prime minister, Robert Walpole, after receiving a commission from him.

Educated at Marlborough college, Williams joined the Royal Artillery in 1943, receiving a commission and serving at the end of the war in India and Java, before returning to take an accelerated two-year degree at New College in 1950.

The Met receives a commission.

Patrocles received a commission to explore the Caspian Sea.

(Arnett receives a commission, but will not disclose the percentage).

They should not receive a commission from selling you anything.

The agent receives a commission on the larger policy.