be commissioned

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"Any future early years literacy programme will be commissioned through an open and competitive process in line with procurement regulations, to which suppliers including BookTrust will be able to apply", Adnodd said.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Gavin Williamson, a Conservative former defence secretary, first announced the name Agincourt in 2018 for the under-construction vessel, the seventh of the Astute Class submarines to be commissioned.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2025

“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

Last August he went again to Rome, "not expecting," as he says, "to return;" but "delighted to be commissioned to come back" clothed in his new dignity.

From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various