Sentence examples for was first commissioned from inspiring English sources

The translation used here by Edmund Tracey was first commissioned for an English National Opera production in 1973.

Even the "Happy Birthday" song that Iranians sing to one another was first commissioned by Paykan manufacturers to celebrate the car's anniversary.

He is best known for his postage stamps - 103 of them since he was first commissioned by the Post Office in 1962.

Since it was first commissioned by former director of drama Nick Elliott in 2002, Foyle's War has regularly been in ITV1's 10 most popular programmes.

"I have known officer Kenny for over twelve years, having served as one of the training staff when he was first commissioned," Koval writes.

Frederick E. Hart, the sculptor best known for his "Three Soldiers," which is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, was first commissioned for the job.

She had no garden, and therefore wasn't to be found pruning the roses or manuring the asparagus; instead she nurtured journalists, and many famous names were first commissioned and edited by her with a biro snippy as secateurs.

Five years after they were first commissioned, two of South Yorkshire's four new fire trucks have finally taken to the streets.

The carved figures known as the Emperor Heads, outside the Sheldonian Theatre, were first commissioned by Sir Christopher Wren in the 1660s.

All ten ships served with the fleet when they were first commissioned, and several served on foreign stations in the decade before the outbreak of World War I.

Gold-embellished Faberge eggs were first commissioned by Russian Czar Alexander III in 1885 as an Easter gift for his wife.