There is also an increasing tendency for the terms of funded contract research to be very tightly drawn by the commissioning agency. The methodology and timetabling of the research may be so closely set by the contractor that some researchers feel they are simply 'delivering' goods in an unreflective (and uncritical) way as if the sponsor was 'contracting for ten tons of aggregate ... or buying a fridge' (Pettigrew 1994, p. 44). Most worrying, however, are attempts by sponsors to delay, suppress or change results. 'About three years ago you started to get comments back [on draft research reports] from "there should be a full stop there" to 'lake that out, it is contrary to government policy'"