5 sentences with 'commissions'
Example sentences and phrases with the word commissions and other words derived from it.
• « All three had so many clients and wielded so much political power that they could ratify Pompey's every demand, and both Caesar and Crassus received the military commissions they expected. »
• « She became a famous poet and writer in her own right, being patronised (i.e. receiving commissions for her writing) by a wide range of French and Italian nobles. »
• « In addition, North allowed Secord and Hakim to set the amount of their commissions. "Much of the money that should have gone to the contras went to Secord and Hakim," says Ledeen, the former NSC adviser. »
• « North stated that Casey had instructed him to work with Secord and set up "the company", and that he agreed to Secord and Hakim setting their own commissions. If true, Abrams notes, this would contrast with the rest of his record as CIA director. Casey organised covert operations around the world, but "there is no evidence of anything like this in Angola, Afghanistan, or anywhere else". »
• « Early in Jefferson's term, controversy centred on President Adams' judicial appointments of many Federalists during his last days in office. When Jefferson was sworn into office, he refused to allow the commissions of these Federalist judges to be turned over to the appointees. »