Which preposition to use with commissions

of Occurrences 486%

But, at all events, the colonel's besetting infirmity was always to shrink from making changes; instinctively he balked against commission of any action which would alter his relations with accustomed circumstances or persons.

in Occurrences 185%

Remember Joe Claiborne promised us a real stage-job, and we opened a lemonade-stand on our front gate to pay his commission in advance?

on Occurrences 182%

A manager, named Levy, was engaged at a salary of half a crown a week and a commission on sales.

for Occurrences 180%

But the Company gets a commission for that, of course.

from Occurrences 135%

After this he had his first taste of Arctic adventure, having received a commission from the Government to explore the Coppermine, one of the great rivers of Canada, which discharges its waters into the Arctic Ocean.

as Occurrences 103%

After passing through the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich he obtained in 1852 a commission as a Second Lieutenant of Engineers, and was sent out to the Crimea in December, 1854, with instructions to put up wooden huts for our soldiers, who were dying from cold in that icy land.

to Occurrences 74%

It turned out after, that the first occasion on which I had been mysteriously commissioned to him with a message which I did not understand, and which for that time he did not understand, was the evening of the day on which he had received the dead man's letter, appealing to himto him, a man whom he had wrongedon behalf of the child who was about to be left friendless in the world.

with Occurrences 48%

I do not say this, a commission of men says it, a commission with a trade union member to boot.

at Occurrences 27%

On March 12th a pitched battle occurred between the latter at Nigrita; and though a mixed commission at once drew up a code of regulations for use in towns occupied by joint armies, not the slightest attention was subsequently paid to it.

by Occurrences 23%

This fair was very successful, the patriotic citizens of St. Paul having enriched the funds of the sanitary commission by several thousand dollars.

under Occurrences 18%

"A commission under the great seal, within four persons (one of them our professed enemy) are impowered to receive and determine all complaints and appeals according to their discretion, subjects us to the arbitrary power of strangers, and will end in the subversion of our all.

without Occurrences 6%

If frauds in the imposts of Boston are tried by commission without a jury, they are tried here in the same mode; and why should the Bostonians expect from us more tenderness for them than for ourselves?

about Occurrences 5%

The description in TheNavalChronicle might be applied to events whichwhen impressment had ceased for half a centuryoccurred over and over again at Portsmouth, Devonport, and other ports when two or three ships happened to be put in commission about the same time.

into Occurrences 4%

"Maister More," says Latimer, "was once sent in commission into Kent to help to trie out (if it might be) what was the cause of Goodwin Sands and the shelfs that stopped up Sandwich haven.

of Occurrences 4%

State of the Kingdom at the Accession of George III.Improvement of the Law affecting the Commissions of the Judges.

over Occurrences 3%

Notwithstanding this engagement, the pope, as soon as he had suppressed his antagonist, granted the Cardinal de Crema a legatine commission over that kingdom; and the king, who, by reason of his nephew's intrigues and invasions, found himself at that time in a dangerous situation, was obliged to submit to the exercise of this commission [r].

during Occurrences 3%

In other words, it must be kept in commission during peace.

on Occurrences 2%

'In my office as Chairman of successive Commissions on Standards, I had collected a number of Standards, some of great historical value (as Ramsden's and Roy's Standards of Length, Kater's Scale-beam for weighing great weights, and others), &c. These have been transferred to the newly-created Standards Department of the Board of Trade."In

through Occurrences 2%

Yet it would do her no harm to send a commission through the ten great cities of the Empire to see what is being done there in the way of street cleaning, water-supply, and traffic-regulation.

before Occurrences 2%

His lordship conferred a lieutenant's commission upon him in his own regiment then in Ireland, which he held several years and, as an officer, he behaved himself without reproach, and gave several instances both of courage and conduct: Whether he received his commission before or after he obliged the town with his first comedy, we cannot be certain.

against Occurrences 2%

It hath never been denied, that ever I heard, that up to the time of Captain Brand's being commissioned against the South Sea pirates, he had always been esteemed as honest, reputable a sea-captain as could be.

in Occurrences 1%

His Manner was to keep the Dates of all Commissions in his Closet, and wholly dismiss from the Service such who were deficient in their Duty; and after that, took Care to prefer according to the Order of Battel.

between Occurrences 1%

The joint commission between the United States and the Republic of Costa Rica has completed its labors and submitted its report.

toward Occurrences 1%

" And though they are saddened by many a regret for neglects and omissions and commissions toward you all, and that old petrifying selfishness which only grace can cure, I would not be without such days, and almost thank "each wrench which has detected how thoroughly and deeply dear you are."

off Occurrences 1%

When he returned, Barton seemed for the moment, with the commission off his mind, a little brighter.

Which preposition to use with  commissions