Sentence examples for when they commissioned from inspiring English sources

Incidentally, was someone trying to be funny when they commissioned him to write that piece?

When they commissioned him to make a longer film about a dam they were building, the result was Il Tempo Si È Fermato (Time Stood Still, 1959).

That was the challenge we were set by BBC Scotland when they commissioned us to create a mural for the Commonwealth Games, which kick off tomorrow.

It's impossible to know how well Pharrell and his people understood Mr.'s work when they commissioned Kaikai Kiki to produce the video, or even after they saw the finished product.

But clearly no one at the Department of Health thought of that when they commissioned the firm to produce a study on the money the NHS could make charging overseas visitors.

Opposite the cathedral stands the Baptistery; the building dates from the 11th century but was believed by Florentines to be a surviving Roman monument when they commissioned for it a series of bronze doors with relief sculptures (1330; 1401 52).

This means clients of university research – industry, charity, public bodies – do not have to cover those costs when they commission projects.

The police are not always a first thought for arts organisations when they commission work or devise new projects, and building this working relationship with the police took several years.

Prior to starting the book I was struggling to find a "style", which can be an issue for some publishers, as they don't always know what they are going to get when they commission you, and this was the first commission on this scale I'd been given.

This may make some writers and publishers nervous, but it's definitely something brands would like to use when they commission this kind of content.

The hierarchy, he found, did not wish to hear him, even when they had commissioned his work themselves.