11.   The Latin Business Association commissioned the survey in conjunction with its fourth annual Latino Business Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center, which opens Thursday.

12.   The survey was commissioned by the Massachusetts Health Policy Forum, a group of academic institutions and consumer organizations.

13.   The survey was commissioned by Commercenet, a Silicon Valley group whose member companies have an interest in the growth of electronic commerce.

14.   The survey was commissioned by the Oakland-based Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America, a group favoring stricter immigration controls.

15.   To answer these questions, Sony Electronics, a leading phone manufacturer, recently commissioned a survey.

16.   To help clarify their thinking, an independent group called Public Campaign has commissioned surveys in several states with Republican senators retiring or running for re-election.

17.   Australian Unity, a finance sector company which commissioned the surveys, plans to conduct two a year to construct an index of national well-being.

18.   Both surveys were commissioned by the Zionist Organization of America and IMRA, a private news service.

19.   Nationalist lawmaker Chen Horng-chi, who commissioned the survey, said the party should take its results as incentive to further reform.

20.   The group commissioned the survey.