Example sentences of "[noun pl] elected [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Oct. 4 , 1989 , the National Assembly approved a new electoral law providing for the use of proportional representation in legislative elections with candidates elected on a party list by department . |
| 2 | First past the post and governments elected by a minority of the vote are sustainable only when there is a turnabout of minority governments . |
| 3 | The Federal Parliament comprises a Senate of 104 members appointed by the Governor-General , and a House of Commons of 295 members elected for a maximum of five years by universal adult suffrage under a simple majority system in single-member constituencies . |
| 4 | Legislative power is held by a 72-member unicameral National Congress , similarly elected for a four-year term ( with 60 members elected on a provincial basis every two years and 12 members elected for a four-year term on a national basis ) . |
| 5 | Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral National Congress , comprising the Chamber of Deputies ( consisting of 180 members elected for a five-year term ) and the Senate ( consisting of 60 members elected for a five-year term along with the former Presidents of constitutional governments who have the status of life senators ) . |
| 6 | Legislative authority is vested in a bicameral National Congress , comprising the Chamber of Deputies ( consisting of 180 members elected for a five-year term ) and the Senate ( consisting of 60 members elected for a five-year term along with the former Presidents of constitutional governments who have the status of life senators ) . |
| 7 | Under its 1949 Basic Law ( Constitution ) , the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany ) is a " democratic and social federal state " whose organs are ( i ) the Federal Diet ( Bundestag ) , the lower house of parliament , comprising 497 members elected for a four-year term by a mixed system of proportional representation and direct voting , and 22 members elected by the West Berlin House of Representatives ; ( ii ) the Federal Council ( Bundesrat ) , the upper house of parliament , comprising 41 members of the governments of the Republic 's 10 Länder ( states ) and four representatives appointed by the West Berlin Senate ; ( iii ) the Federal President ( Bundespräsident — currently Richard von Weizsäcker ) elected for a five-year term by the Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) comprising the members of the Bundestag and an equal number of delegates nominated by the Länder parliaments ; and ( iv ) the federal government ( Bundesregierung ) consisting of the Federal Chancellor ( Bundeskanzler — currently Helmut Kohl ) elected by the Bundestag on the proposal of the Federal President and his or her ministers . |
| 8 | The Federal Parliament comprises a Senate of 104 members and a House of Commons of 295 members elected for a maximum of five years by universal adult suffrage under a simple majority system in single-member constituencies . |
| 9 | Legislative power is held by a 72-member unicameral National Congress , similarly elected for a four-year term ( with 60 members elected on a provincial basis every two years and 12 members elected for a four-year term on a national basis ) . |
| 10 | The council is formed by representatives of each of the HCIMA 's 27 branches , by members elected on a national basis and the immediate past president . |
| 11 | Each state has its own constitution and is administered by a governor who , with the exception of the Governor of the Federal District , is elected for a six-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies elected for a three-year term . |
| 12 | Each state has its own constitution , is administered by a governor , who is elected for a six-year term , and has a Chamber of Deputies elected for a three-year term . |
| 13 | Legislative authority is held by a National Congress , comprising a 47-member Senate serving an eight-year term ( of whom 38 are elected and nine are directly appointed by the outgoing government and the Supreme Court — see pp. 37117 ; 37488 ) and a 120-member Chamber of Deputies elected for a four-year term . |
| 14 | On June 20 Bronislaw Geremek , the chairman of the Citizens ' Parliamentary Club ( OKP-the grouping of deputies elected on a Solidarity Citizens ' Committee ticket ) , criticized the discussions taking place between the Solidarity trade union leader Lech Walesa and the respective leaderships of the PSL and the SD , claiming that such an " alliance " between a trade union and political parties was " unnatural " [ for divisions within Solidarity and the creation of the pro-Walesa Centre Alliance see pp. 37546 ; 37620-21 ] . |
| 15 | The legislature comprises a 212-member Chamber of Deputies elected by a system of proportional representation for a four-year term , and a 182-member Senate , of whom 106 senators are directly elected , 50 are elected by provincial councils , a further 25 are co-opted by the elected members and one Senator by right , the heir to the throne . |
| 16 | The legislature comprises a 212-member Chamber of Deputies elected by a system of proportional representation for a four-year term , and a 182-member Senate , to which 106 senators are directly elected . |
| 17 | In Law , Legislation and Liberty Hayek went even further and suggested that , since legislation proper ‘ should not be governed by interests but by opinion ’ , what is required ‘ is an assembly of men and women elected at a relatively mature age for fairly long periods , such as fifteen years ’ . |
| 18 | It comprises a Senate , with 315 senators elected on a regional basis and seven life senators , and a 630-member Chamber of Deputies . |
| 19 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 20 | Legislative authority is vested in a Chamber of Representatives elected for a six-year term and comprising 306 members , of whom 206 are directly elected by universal adult suffrage , and the remainder by an electoral college composed of local councillors and representatives of professional bodies . |
| 21 | The Kingdom of Thailand ( formerly Siam ) is a constitutional monarchy with a bicameral parliament consisting of a 261-member Senate appointed by the monarch , currently King Bhumipol Adulyadej , on the recommendation of the Prime Minister , and a 347-member House of Representatives elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 22 | Under the federal Constitution adopted in 1901 , legislative power is vested in the bicameral Parliament , comprising a 148-member House of Representatives elected for a three-year term and a 76-member Senate ( 12 seats for each of the six constituent states and two each for the Northern Territory and the Capital Territory ) . |
| 23 | Legislative authority is vested in a Chamber of Representatives elected for a six-year term and comprising 306 members , of whom 206 are directly elected by universal adult suffrage and the remainder by an electoral college composed of local councillors and representatives of professional bodies . |