having excessive commissions (committee-like bodies)
1977, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies, National Agricultural Land Policy Act: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Family Farms, Rural Development, and Special Studies of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5882, June 15 and 16, 1977, page 56:
I think everybody on this panel agrees with you that we are overcommissioned, and we will work with you to get rid of them so we can have this Commission. [Laughter.] I like the gentleman's suggestion.
A picture book publisher may still turn down a title, no matter how much they like it, or if they have overcommissioned in that area or if it is too similar to a title they are already publishing. Equally, even though booksellers' ...
2011, A & C Black Publishers Ltd, Jonathan Law, Writers' & Artists' Yearbook 2011, A & C Black
When I started this job eight years ago , the Guardian books pages were overcommissioned by 50 % , which meant that for every review that was used , another one was ' spiked ' . This unfortunate state of affairs reflected a particular ...
