11.   The independent study was commissioned by local authorities and the Countryside Council for Wales.

12.   THE study was commissioned following research in other parts of the country which had shown a marked decline in the number of ponds remaining in these areas.

13.   Although the study was commissioned and funded by the government, its recommendations are not binding and native leaders fear that the report will be shelved.

14.   And the Federal Trade Commission has commissioned a study of possible solutions.

15.   Anderson leads an anti-gambling group that commissioned a study by a professor from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, William N. Thompson.

16.   Behring has commissioned a study of seismic safety at the Kingdome.

17.   Commissioning a study on occupant restraint systems to establish standards for seat-belt systems.

18.   City and county officials commissioned a study on the issue, due in June.

19.   City and state economic development agencies will pay equal shares of the bill and will commission the studies.

20.   Construction delays often cost drivers more time in the long run, say officials at the Surface Transportation Policy Project, a private group that commissioned the study.