Example sentences of "[was/were] re-elect [prep] [art] second [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ben Gill was re-elected for a second year as deputy , and Tony Pexton for a second year as vice-president . |
| 2 | At the last presidential elections , held on Jan. 31-Feb. 1 , 1988 , Mauno Koivisto , the candidate supported primarily by the SSDP , failed to win the required absolute majority but was re-elected for a second term by the electoral college on Feb. 15 [ see pp. 35853-54 ] . |
| 3 | Diouf was re-elected for a second term at the same time . |
| 4 | President : Chaim Herzog was first elected by the Knesset to the largely ceremonial post of President in 1983 ; he was re-elected for a second term in 1988 . |
| 5 | The current President , Maumoun Abdul Gayoom , who first took office in July 1978 , was re-elected for the second time in a referendum held on Sept. 23 , 1988 [ see p. 36350 ] . |