Example sentences of "elect for a [num ord] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A general election was held in August 1991 [ see p. 38397 ] ; Wee Kim Wee was elected for a second four-year term in August 1989 [ see p. 37574 ] . |
| 2 | On Jan. 13 Mário Soares , 66 , was elected for a second five-year term as President . |
| 3 | Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford of the Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) , elected for a second five-year term in the general election on Jan. 22 [ see pp. 37955-56 ] , announced his new Cabinet on Jan. 26 [ for previous Cabinet see p. 37821 ] . |
| 4 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 5 | After the King 's speech , Abd Al-Latif Arabiyat of the Moslem Brotherhood was elected for a third consecutive term as Speaker of the House of Representatives , the Assembly 's lower chamber . |