When the office of Lord High Admiral was in commission, as it was for most of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries until it reverted to the Crown, it was exercised by a Board of Admiralty, officially known as the Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, & c. ( alternatively of England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland depending on the period ).

When they are the longest serving State Governor, the Governor of New South Wales holds a dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth when the Governor-General of Australia is absent from Australia, a role held by the current Governor.

When a union of the evangelicals in upper and lower Germany was contemplated as a means of improved defense against the retaliatory measures of the Roman Catholic Church, George had a meeting with Elector John of Saxony at Schleitz in 1529, where they agreed on certain articles of faith and confession to be drawn up by Luther ; the commission was executed in the seventeen articles of Schwabach on the basis of the fifteen theses of the Marburg Colloquy.

When in Florence Leonardo and Michelangelo were each given a commission by Gonfaloniere Piero Soderini to decorate a wall in the “ Hall of Five Hundred ”.

When rebel gunboats threatened to dash upriver from Argentina to bombard the capital into submission, Stroessner's forces battled furiously and knocked them out of commission.

When defeated in an election, or on resigning, the prime minister is said to " hand in the commission " and actually does so by returning it to the governor-general.

When World War I began, Menzies was 19 years old and held a commission in the university's militia unit.

When the council met on 16 October 1962, a new slate of commission members was presented and approved by the Council.

When the 25-year-old Mozart arrived in Vienna in 1781, seeking professional opportunity, one of the first tasks to which he addressed himself was to become acquainted with Stephanie and lobby him for an opera commission.

When Holmes begs for an alternative, the commander's aide suggests that Holmes resign his commission " for the good of the service " and leave the Army, which the general accepts with dispatch.

When Menzies ' successor, Harold Holt, was officially presumed dead on 19 December 1967, the Governor-General Lord Casey sent for McEwen and he was sworn in as Prime Minister, on the understanding that his commission would continue only so long as it took for the Liberals to elect a new leader.

When Mme de Maintenon began questioning the orthodoxy of Mme Guyon's opinions, an ecclesiastical commission of three members, including Bossuet, was appointed to report on the matter.

When Virginia announced its decision, Lee resigned his commission and took command of the armed forces of the Commonwealth of Virginia, later becoming commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

When the group learned the planning commission was not doing much to display the work of women, the group raised US $ 30, 000 for a women's exhibition building.

When he first received the commission, Berg was working on his opera Lulu, and he did not begin work on the concerto for some months.

When the U. S. AEC became the Energy Research and Development Administration in 1975, the NRC was formed as an independent commission to take over the role of oversight of nuclear energy matters, oversight of nuclear medicine, and nuclear safety.

When used in the legal sense in the procedure connected with criminal offences, an arrest consists in the taking into custody of another person under authority empowered by law, to be held or detained to answer a criminal charge or to prevent the commission of a criminal or further offence.

When a position becomes available in one of the above courts, a nonpartisan judicial nominating commission reviews applications, interviews candidates, and submits three nominees to the Governor.

Within three years, by 1796, he was made a captain, to the combined envy and disgust of the older officers, who felt that: " our general ’ s friend was now the general .” When his regiment was sent from London to Manchester he immediately resigned his commission, citing the city's poor reputation, lack of atmosphere, and an absence of culture and civility.

When the Self-denying Ordinance was approved by Parliament he gave up his commission and became one of the leaders of the Independent party in Parliament.

When the family returned from England, in 1763, he carried a commission from George III to be the Royal Governor of New Jersey, secured in large part based on his father's lobbying efforts with the Prime Minister Lord Bute.

When a royal commission was appointed by the British to investigate the incident, they demanded that any indicted person be sent to England for trial.

When dealing with commission payments on contracts dealing with large amounts of money ( such as Oil, Gas, Steel, Iron, Gold, MTN's, VG's, T-Strips, and other instruments ), most banks in the United States are very wary of handling such large amounts of money.

When the grand duke Leopold II decided in 1848 to grant his people a constitution, Capponi was made a member of the commission to draw it up, and he eventually became prime minister.

When suitable equipment is located by the SBA representative, the small business concern is contacted and advised on when, where, and how to bid on such property.

When the sleeve's tooth contacted the pawl the sleeve and the load's inertia unwrapped the spring to disengage the clutch.

When it became obvious that the United States was eventually going to become involved in the war raging in Europe, the U. S. Army contacted 135 companies asking for working prototypes of a four-wheel-drive reconnaissance car.

" When the inquisitor-general of France learned that Servetus was hiding in Vienne, according to Calvin under an assumed name, he contacted Cardinal François de Tournon, the secretary of the archbishop of Lyon, to take up the matter.

When Dreja dropped out of the project to become a photographer ( he would later take the photograph that appeared on the back of Led Zeppelin's debut album ), John Paul Jones, at the suggestion of his wife, contacted Page about the vacant position.

When informed she had won, she contacted SFWA and told them she refused to accept it.

When Johansen was made aware of this, he contacted Fawcus to solve the issue and was granted a license to use the code in DeCSS under non-GPL terms.

When a victim places an order for the item, they're contacted by a " salesperson " who explains that they'll have to pay extra for batteries, memory cards, power cords, manuals, warranties, etc.

When Davis was nominated for an Academy Award, Crawford contacted the other Best Actress nominees ( who were unable to attend the ceremonies ) and offered to accept the award on their behalf should they win.

When Banza contacted his co-conspirators on 8 April 1969, informing them that they would execute the coup the following day, Mandaba immediately phoned Bokassa and informed him of the plan.

When they contacted him about it, he replied: " I'm really greatly honoured although it's hard for me to be eloquent on the subject of my chest.

( When Nilsson became famous, Turner decided to release these early recordings, and contacted Nilsson to work out a fair payment.

When he first contacted Daltrey to request a collaboration, Daltrey refused, but after some discussion, he agreed to help produce a one-off performance.

When IBM contacted other companies to obtain components for the IBM PC, the as-yet unreleased CP / M-86 was its first choice for an operating system because CP / M had the most applications at the time.

When contacted, the JP at Long Sutton ( a Mr Delamere ) confirmed that John Palmer had lived there for about nine months, but that he was suspected of stealing sheep, and had escaped the custody of the local constable.

When a person disappears and cannot be contacted, many police agencies initiate a missing person case.

When actor Tony Head found out that Mutant Enemy were looking for an actor to play Wesley, Head contacted Denisof, an old friend from England, to ask whether he would be interested in the role.

When he contacts Random, Random reveals that Eric has contacted him and revealed the full extent of his defenses, which are vast and powerful.

When the pair could not obtain financing, Vidal contacted media mogul and Penthouse founder and publisher Bob Guccione.

When World War I broke out, Jackson was considered too old, but he contacted President Theodore Roosevelt ( whom he had met at some point in Burlington ), and was commissioned an officer.

The source the money appeared to be South America .” Donlon went on to say “ Because of its size, we thought it appropriate to ask if the funds belonged to the Holy See .” When contacted for an answer, Dr Alibrandi “ quickly answered ‘ no ’ and that they belonged to ‘ family ’.

When contacted for its comment on fresh evidence that surfaced on the Lin Biao incident after the Cold War, the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated: " China already has a clear, authoritative conclusion about the Lin Biao incident.

When Sub Pop contacted the band for artwork for the release, the band had nothing to offer, so Goldsmith suggested that they " make it pink ".

When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first strike.