Example sentences of "elect for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was taught the trade of a blacksmith but , like so many from that village , elected for a life at sea . |
| 2 | The vicar calls for silence for the ‘ Lord Mayor ’ , who makes a short speech declaring he has been elected for a year and a day . |
| 3 | ( 11 ) If a licensing board is not elected at the time at which it ought to be elected , or an insufficient number of members is elected for a board , the Secretary of State may by order provide for the holding of an election or elections for supplying such fault or deficiency in election at such times and in such manner as he may think expedient . |
| 4 | Of course not , they 've been elected for a period , they serve to the end of that period , whether they 're made redundant or not , so they go on for the four year term . |
| 5 | Delegates to the district zemstva were elected for a period of three years by three categories of voter voting separately : landowners , property-owners in the towns , and delegates from the volosti . |
| 6 | The People 's Chamber consists of 400 deputies , who are elected for a term of four years by the people in a free , general , equal , direct and secret election . " |
| 7 | There is a 65-member Chamber of Deputies , most recently elected for a term of five years in April 1987 [ see p. 35180 ] , all candidates being elected from a single list put forward by the Popular Rally for Progress ( Rassemblement populaire pour le progrès — RPP ) , since October 1981 the sole legal party . |
| 8 | The head of state is the Executive President , directly elected for a term of five years , with a limit of two terms . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The President ( currently Chaim Herzog ) is elected every five years , and appoints a Prime Minister ( currently Itzhak Shamir ) on the basis of the distribution of power between parties in the Knesset ( parliament ) , which is itself elected for a maximum of four years . |
| 11 | Legislative power is vested in a single-chamber 120-member Knesset , elected for a maximum of four years on the basis of proportional representation , with candidates chosen by party list . |
| 12 | 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 . |