I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
commission a study (= ask someone to carry out a study )
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The government has commissioned a study into the health of residents living near the power station.
commissioned officer
Competition Commission, the
Equality And Human Rights Commission, the
high commission
Royal Commission
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bipartisan
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The law itself, according to the bipartisan commission , is a source of continuing illegal migration.
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Clinton wants a bipartisan commission to resolve the problem.
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But the greatest problem, as revealed by a recent report from a bipartisan commission , is on the nation's farms.
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Suggested it would take a bipartisan commission to find answers for long-term imbalances in Social Security and Medicare.
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So far, according to a bipartisan commission monitoring the law, only 12 million workers have taken advantage of the provisions.
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A bipartisan commission had worked for more than a year to produce the blueprint for the legislation that the House passed.
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Y., who is chairman of the bipartisan commission .
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He also proposes a bipartisan commission to examine the issue as the best politically possible way to change the system.
central
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In September 1988 he became, in addition, chairman of the Central Committee commission on international affairs.
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The plenum also elected a new politburo, secretariat and central military commission .
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On 20 June 1961 Pope John addressed the first meeting of the central commission .
electoral
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Results were cancelled by the electoral commission in both places, where new elections were expected to be organized during December.
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But spokesmen said the electoral commission could probably only offer preliminary results Wednesday.
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In January 1877, Congress set up an electoral commission to decide the dispute.
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To this end it announced that the electoral commission was to be reconstituted in order to free it from political influence and manipulation.
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He praised the electoral commission for having had the courage to register him.
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The poll was organized by an electoral commission under a Kurdish judge, Amir Hawsizi and international monitors.
high
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The lack of such participants has been aggravated over the years by high commission costs and clearing fees.
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Pike disputed that, saying the savings in expenses would be offset by higher commissions paid to the independent agents.
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Pamela Baptiste, a former consular officer at the high commission in St Lucia, has lodged a claim of unfair dismissal.
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She worked at the high commission from June 1991 until her dismissal in June 1998.
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Expect to pay higher dealing commissions .
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Sources say that high commission officials have expressed concern at the interventions.
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They give him poor tips and charge high commissions .
independent
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Another proposal was that an independent commission would be set up to examine the question of racial discrimination.
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The independent commission could issue a finding that would lead to stiff duties on steel imports.
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The independent nonpartisan commission has proposed three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate.
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The politically explosive domestic bases plan requires approval by an independent commission , President Bill Clinton and Congress.
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Mr Denham replied that an independent appointments commission should ensure that forums were truly representative of the communities they service.
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Most of the 550 members would be picked by an independent appointments commission , the report suggested.
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The costings episode once again highlights the case for an independent commission on council reform.
international
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The process was to be supervised by special international commissions .
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The University of Geneva appointed an international commission to investigate their work, which met in August 1983.
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The reports of international commissions such as that of Brandt do not make up for this gap.
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The announcement will disappoint those who had urged the creation of an international commission .
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After several sessions the international commission resolved the problem.
joint
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A joint economic commission to monitor links was established and it was hoped that it would meet on a regular basis.
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A joint commission was to be set up to examine current fiscal legislation and elaborate reforms to promote investment and expenditure savings.
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A joint commission was established to co-ordinate actions on economy, law, pensions, housing, energy and ecology.
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A joint economic commission was established to build on the growing links between the two countries.
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The two agreed to set up a joint commission examining the issue.
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During ministerial-level talks the two sides agreed to establish a joint co-operation commission .
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It called for the formation of a joint parliamentary commission in April, when the two-plus-four talks would also begin.
national
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To a procrastinating president and Congress the solution was clear: set up a national commission to study the problem.
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He and his staff lobbied President Truman to create a national commission on civil rights.
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The second way in which national guidelines for curriculum policy have emerged is through conferences, reviews or national commissions .
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Schriefer is executive director of the Business Executives for National Security commission examining the defense infrastructure.
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Thirty years ago, a national commission chaired by Kenneth Ryan produced guidelines for research on living human fetuses.
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The former Treasury mandarin, Lord Burns, was named chairman of the national lottery commission .
parliamentary
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The parliamentary commission investigating Mr Kohl has said it will not use the files as evidence.
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Unity and the Communists also agreed on who should preside over the parliamentary commissions .
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A parliamentary commission is re-evaluating Tangentopoli.
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In October 1989 the opposition unsuccessfully attempted to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the affair.
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It called for the formation of a joint parliamentary commission in April, when the two-plus-four talks would also begin.
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A parliamentary commission is investigating whether Mr Kohl's governments swapped favours for party donations.
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A parliamentary commission was appointed on April 18 to investigate the Shkodër killings.
royal
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In 1996 a royal commission concluded that the problem went beyond attempts to snuff out native culture.
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Everyone agrees that it is the report, and that there is no point in having a royal commission after Woolf.
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However, he opposed a royal commission on the legalisation of drugs, the formal policy of the Liberal Democrats.
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In 1604 he received a lucrative royal commission to print the Ten Commandments for use in churches throughout the country.
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A capacity for burying problems made royal commissions and the like instantly attractive to politicians besieged by one knotty issue or another.
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To begin with, Margaret Thatcher dispensed with royal commissions .
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Once established, a royal commission was out of political control.
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Never given office by the Liberals, he served as a back-bencher on several royal commissions and committees.
special
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The process was to be supervised by special international commissions .
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Prime Minister Shimon Peres has since apologized and assembled a special commission to investigate the blood issue.
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Ukiyo-e artists such as Hokusai, Utamaro and Sharaku produced these works in small numbers and largely to special commission .
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There were no task forces, no special commissions , no proposed possible preliminary outlines of conceivable tentative recommendations.
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A special commission handles 500-800 complaints a day.
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A special reform commission was appointed to consider their suggestions.
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Much of this activity was carried out by special commissions especially set up to cope with the flood of material that was uncovered.
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In June 1880, the prime minister set up a special commission to look into the park proposal.
■ VERB
appoint
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On 9 October, 1912 the Football League appointed a commission to inquire into alleged illegal payments by the club.
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In July, Premier Whitney appointed his own three-man commission of inquiry to examine the subject of electrical power.
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He appoints a pontifical commission to conduct the administrative affairs of the state.
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They also appointed him to a commission to examine administrative reforms.
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Justice J. S. Verma was appointed to head the commission on May 27.
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Hoover, our hardest worked man, is at the White House appointing commissions .
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The University of Geneva appointed an international commission to investigate their work, which met in August 1983.
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He is going to have to appoint a commission to keep track of the commissions that he has appointed.
charge
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Commission Most booking agents charge a commission of 15 percent which is payable on the gross fees for any live work.
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Brokerages charge commissions from $ 25 to hundreds of dollars, depending on the size of the transaction.
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The gallery will, of course, charge a commission for selling work.
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Most stockbrokers charge a minimum commission which makes small deals very uneconomical.
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Often, the main obstacle between them is the prospect of dealing with forbidding galleries charging forbidding commission fees.
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In order to provide the acceptance facility banks charge a small acceptance commission of - 1 ¾ percent perannum.
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Sharelink, the telephone dealing service, is charging 1 percent commission with a minimum of £12.50 and maximum of £50.
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Banks and stockbrokers charge a commission for transactions.
create
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Recent evidence suggests that buy-backs merely create banking commissions and do not stimulate growth.
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On Sept. 9, 1957, the president signed legislation creating a six-member commission on civil rights.
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He and his staff lobbied President Truman to create a national commission on civil rights.
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So now Clinton does Ike one better: He has created a seven-member commission to study racial issues.
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North Carolina, in fact, has created a commission to prevent the staging of the bloody brawls.
establish
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During ministerial-level talks the two sides agreed to establish a joint co-operation commission .
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Clinton and others in Washington have talked of establishing a bipartisan commission to study Medicare.
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In October 1989 the opposition unsuccessfully attempted to establish a parliamentary commission of inquiry into the affair.
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Therefore, we shall establish a local government commission to consider the needs of each area.
investigate
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In October Museveni announced the appointment of a commission to investigate ways of ending the rebellion in the east.
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Prime Minister Shimon Peres has since apologized and assembled a special commission to investigate the blood issue.
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A government commission is now investigating how these billions were made.
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The parliamentary commission investigating Mr Kohl has said it will not use the files as evidence.
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Lord Young felt less able to help increase foreign shareholding limits since the commission was investigating Rolls Royce's foreign shareholding arrangements.
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The opposition members of the commission investigating the June 1990 violence in Bucharest disagreed with the conclusions of the inquiry.
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The government met in emergency session on May 22 and agreed to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination.
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The University of Geneva appointed an international commission to investigate their work, which met in August 1983.
pay
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What is not so readily understood is that many of these people are paid extensively on commission .
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Homeowners pay hefty commissions to be a part of the gold rush.
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Their rates tend to be lower because they don't have to pay commission to middlemen.
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They were paid a commission based on the drugs prescribed by individual doctors.
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Like any salesmen tied agents are mostly paid in commission .
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So why pay extra money in commissions for financial advice to get only an average return?
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In return, the agent is paid a commission - a percentage of the value of the sales he or she makes.
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The program allows clients to buy and sell mutual fund shares without paying commissions .
receive
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The Foundation declined to say who would receive the 12% commission or whether private vendors would be paid in any way.
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The drivers received a 25-percent commission on every nickel their reluctant passengers paid out.
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In 1604 he received a lucrative royal commission to print the Ten Commandments for use in churches throughout the country.
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Even the most famous Arts and Crafts architects and designers received few commissions after 1920.
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The 1994 Turner prize-winner received the commission to create the monument in January 1996.
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In March 1770 Mozart received a commission to write the first opera for the following carnival season in Milan.
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They must explain whether they receive commissions and from whom they receive them.
set
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In January 1877, Congress set up an electoral commission to decide the dispute.
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In June 1880, the prime minister set up a special commission to look into the park proposal.
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The government met in emergency session on May 22 and agreed to set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the assassination.
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They could have published a White Paper or set up a commission of inquiry.
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The two agreed to set up a joint commission examining the issue.
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Fokin agreed to set up a commission to look into union grievances.
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The United Nations security council has set up a commission of inquiry.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Each dealer makes a 20% commission on his sales.
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Haley was asked to resign his commission .
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His basic salary is low, but he gets 20% commission on everything he sells.
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Ivanova has received a commission from the bank for a sculpture.
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Most insurance agents are on commission , and some earn a lot of money.
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The planning commission will allow 200 extra homes to be built on the site.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brokerages charge commissions from $ 25 to hundreds of dollars, depending on the size of the transaction.
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Permission to sell a commission or permission to purchase one was again something which might involve the intervention of a politician.
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So why pay extra money in commissions for financial advice to get only an average return?
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The commission is expected to decide this month whether to open an investigation.
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The commission will seek to arbitrate a resolution before handing down a decision in late summer.
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The election commission might postpone the election until these questions are clarified.
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The remainder of the votes were declared invalid, the election commission said.
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Ukiyo-e artists such as Hokusai, Utamaro and Sharaku produced these works in small numbers and largely to special commission .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
poll
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If a newspaper commissioned a political poll based on the opinion of a single person it would immediately become a laughing-stock.
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The California Public Education Partnership, a coalition of nonpartisan organizations trying to improve schools, commissioned the poll .
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The Daily Telegraph commissioned the Gallup Poll to conduct a post-election survey to help find the answers.
report
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The report I commissioned on you makes for interesting reading.
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A report commissioned by the group identified a total of 315,000 staff which the colony needed to keep.
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The report was commissioned from scientists in five countries in order to assess the impact of dramatic reductions in carbon emissions.
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Ferranti expects to take delivery today of the report it commissioned from Coopers and Lybrand on the alleged fraud.
research
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It has the advantage to those commissioning the research of a dedicated team with access to the wider Henley academic community.
study
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The Food Standards Agency has commissioned a new study on calves which will begin soon.
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The Institute, the research arm of the Justice Department, commissioned the private study on witness intimidation.
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The Department of Transportation, once headed by Mrs Dole, has commissioned a study .
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The council commissioned a yearlong study of the problem, which looked at revenue and spending forecasts for 20 years.
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The Bank itself commissioned a study which noted that approximately a third of its projects failed to meet these rigorous criteria.
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This year, they commissioned a study on two fronts.
survey
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He supplied government departments and commissioned fresh surveys .
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So I called in a market research firm and commissioned a survey of the district.
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Yershon Media commissioned a survey of the country's top 300 advertisers immediately after the election on Friday.
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A working party in Ayrshire and Arran recently invited consumers to meetings and commissioned a survey on consumer views.
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In each case, the association had commissioned structural surveys , followed by feasibility and market studies.
work
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If you see samples of the photographer's work you will be able to contact the clients who commissioned the work.
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At least my friend didn't think I was vain enough to commission the work myself.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His 'Landscapes' Symphony was commissioned for the inaugural concert of the Shepherd School.
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In 1506, Bramante was commissioned by Pope Julius II to rebuild St Peter's church.
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Seventy-five percent of Americans think that women are more sensual than men, according to a survey commissioned by Revlon.
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The gallery is housed in the new wing, which he commissioned Adams to build 18 years ago.
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The Left-Hand Piano Concerto was the first of several works commissioned from distinguished composers.
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The orchestra is commissioning new works from 14 composers.
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The Philadelphia Medical Society commissioned a report on alcoholism.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Flohic have paired up writers and artists, commissioning essays dedicated to particular works which are illustrated alongside.
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He was called to Washington and commissioned by President Lincoln.
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In recent years, the outage has been used to construct or commission major capital projects to extend the plants' capability.
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Regardless of technical hitches Pathfinders in Space was judged a great success, leading to a second series being commissioned in 1960.
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The container was commissioned on a contract hire agreement with David Robertson Haulage.
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Usually it makes sense to commission a business which is able to undertake both design and print.
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Whatever money the artist leaves the venue with is the amount which the agent can commission .