Example sentences of "be directly [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the President and the Vice-President are directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 2 | Under the Federal Constitution which came into force in 1901 , legislative authority within the Commonwealth of Australia is vested in a bicameral Federal Parliament consisting of the Senate whose 76 members ( 12 from each of the country 's constituent states and two each for the Northern Territory and the Capital Territory of Canberra ) are directly elected for a six-year term and retire by rotation , one-half from each state on June 30 of each third year ; and the 148-member House of Representatives elected for three years ; each state has its own legislature , government and constitution . |
| 3 | Most of the 244 members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected by the state assemblies ( one-third being replaced every two years ) while all but two of the 544-members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 4 | The legislature is the 40-member National Assembly , of whom 34 are directly elected for a five-year term ( with four specially elected members and two ex officio ) ; 31 of the directly elected seats are currently held by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party and three by the Botswana National Front . |
| 5 | Legislative power is vested in the unicameral National Assembly , 112 of whose members are directly elected for a five-year term ; the President can also appoint an unlimited number of deputies to the Assembly . |
| 6 | Most of the 244 members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected by the state assemblies ( one-third being replaced every two years ) while all but two of the 545-members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 7 | The 1980 Constitution , which was put into effect in March 1981 [ see pp. 30619-20 ; 30931 ] , provided for the re-establishment , effective 1989 , of the bi-cameral National Congress , consisting of a Senate of 38 elected and nine appointed members , all of whom were to serve an eight-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies whose 120 members were to be directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 8 | There is an executive President and a Congress consisting of a 114-member Senate and a 199-member House of Representatives , the President and Congress being directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 9 | Under the 1924 Constitution the Republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 120-member Chamber of Deputies and a 20-member Senate , President and Congress being directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 10 | Under the 1966 Constitution the republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 99-member Chamber of Deputies and a 30-member Senate , the President and the Congress being directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 11 | Under the Constitution of December 1983 executive power is held by the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term , while legislative power is vested in the unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Constituent Assembly in March 1985 ) with 60 members similarly elected for a three-year term . |
| 12 | Under the 1980 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 13 | Executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 14 | Under the amended Constitution approved in 1983 , an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , as is a unicameral 67-member Legislative Assembly . |
| 15 | Under the 1968 Constitution ( a new constitution is in preparation ) an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 16 | Under the Constitution which came into effect in 1980 , an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , and appoints the Council of Ministers . |
| 17 | Under the 1961 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , as are the 49-member Senate and 196-member Chamber of Deputies which together make up the National Congress . |
| 18 | Under the 1949 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 57-member unicameral Legislative Assembly . |
| 19 | Under the 1982 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 128-member National Assembly . |
| 20 | An executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the Congress , consisting of a 114-member Senate and a 199-member House of Representatives . |
| 21 | Executive powers are vested in the President who is directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 22 | The President , who is directly elected for a six-year term , is also secretary-general of the sole legal political party , the Mali People 's Democratic Union ( UDPM ) . |
| 23 | Under the 1987 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 24 | Known as Ceylon until 1972 , and an independent state within the Commonwealth since 1948 , under the 1978 Constitution the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has a presidential form of government ; the President is directly elected for a six-year term , appoints the Prime Minister and cabinet , and is also empowered to dissolve the 168-member parliament which is elected by proportional representation . |
| 25 | Under its 1958 Constitution ( revised in 1960 , 1962 , 1963 , 1974 and 1976 ) executive power in the Fifth French Republic is vested in a President , who is directly elected for a seven-year term by universal suffrage and by an absolute majority of votes cast . |
| 26 | Under its 1958 Constitution ( revised in 1960 , 1962 , 1963 , 1974 and 1976 ) executive power in the Fifth French Republic is vested in a President , who is directly elected for a seven-year term by an absolute majority of votes cast . |
| 27 | Under the 1987 Constitution an executive President was elected by the 51-member National Assembly which itself was directly elected for a five-year term . |