be commissioned
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An investigation will now be commissioned and Grant Thornton will review the situation in six to 12 months' time.
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2025
Following the case, the girls' families complained to Sussex Police, prompting a review to be commissioned by Jo Shiner, then the force's deputy chief constable.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2024
“I’ve tended to be commissioned by people who look at my work as what it is,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2023
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship, built by Australian manufacturer Austal, became the first U.S. warship to be commissioned in a foreign port.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 23, 2023
During the night the wind increased, and the sea broke with such fury over the whole rock, that the men imagined every succeeding wave to be commissioned to sweep them into the abyss.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
