Example sentences of "returned for a [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) government of Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford was returned for a second five-year term at a general election on Jan. 22 . |
| 2 | Turnout was in the region of 30 to 35 per cent of the 4,700,000 electorate , less than had voted in October 's presidential elections in which President Félix Houphouët-Boigny , Africa 's longest-serving head of state , was returned for a seventh five-year term [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 3 | Going Rates In recent years most SCE entrants have attained grades A , A , A , B , B or better and have returned for a sixth year at school . |
| 4 | In 1987 the Conservative Party was returned for a third term . |
| 5 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Moi was returned for a third five-year term in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by KANU . |
| 6 | The Dominica Freedom Party ( DFP ) , which came to power in 1980 , was narrowly returned for a third term in May 1990 , winning 11 seats . |
| 7 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Daniel arap Moi was returned for a third five-year term as President in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by the Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) , the sole legal party . |
| 8 | The DFP was narrowly returned for a third term in May 1990 , winning 11 of the elective seats [ see pp. 37448 ; 37527 ] . |
| 9 | Geaga stood unsuccessfully on June 8 against the incumbent leader of the Phalangist Party ( also called the Ktaeb ) , George Saadeh , who was returned for a third term as party president . |
| 10 | If by some mischance the Government are returned for a fourth term , I should be surprised if child benefit survives to the end of their term . |
| 11 | In the general election of March 1990 the ALP was narrowly returned for a fourth successive term [ see pp. 37320-21 ; for final Senate results see p. 37876 ] . |