Example sentences of "was [verb] for [art] [adj] term " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid , 68 , was appointed for a five-year term as Secretary-General of the Arab League on May 14 . |
| 2 | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) Assembly , comprising legislators from 16 member countries , elected Loïc Bouvard of France as president on Nov. 19 ; Bouvard , 63 , the first Frenchman to hold the post in 33 years , was elected for a two-year term to succeed Charles Rose , a member of the US Congress . |
| 3 | The People 's Assembly , the unicameral legislative body , was elected for a five-year term by direct popular vote . |
| 4 | The President was elected for a five-year term , limited to two consecutive terms . |
| 5 | Ruslan Khasbulatov , Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet , was elected for a one-year term as Chairman of the Assembly , whose seat would be St Petersburg ( Russia ) . |
| 6 | At 31 March 1991 , Harland Simon held 50% of the equity share capital of Perfect Information but did not treat this as an associated undertaking because the investment was held for the short term and was disposed of in August 1991 . |
| 7 | This was held for an unexpired term of six years ‘ from Christmas last ’ at £140 per annum ; it was offered ( fortunately unsuccessfully ) by the new proprietor , Mr Collier , for £600 . |
| 8 | The ruling Democratic Liberal Party ( DLP ) held a national inauguration convention on May 9 , when President Roh Tae Woo was chosen for a two-year term as party president . |