Example sentences of "elected [prep] a [adj] term " in BNC.
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1 | Under the FSM 's electoral system the 14-member Congress was composed of 10 senators , each elected for a two-year term , and four at-large senators — one each elected for a four-year term from the four states , Chuuk ( formerly known as Truk ) , Kosrae , Pohnpei and Yap . |
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 | Under the provisions of the 1982 Constitution executive power is exercised by a President elected for a four-year term by a simple majority of votes . |
4 | The 1949 Constitution established Costa Rica as a democratic state with an executive President directly elected for a four-year term . |
5 | Legislative power is held by a unicameral Legislative Assembly similarly elected for a four-year term . |
6 | 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 ) . |
7 | 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 ) . |
8 | There is an executive President and a Congress consisting of a 114-member Senate and a 199-member House of Representatives , the President and Congress being directly elected for a four-year term . |
9 | Legislative authority is held by the bicameral Congress , comprising a 27-member Senate and a 130-member Chamber of Deputies , both elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
10 | The 1980 Constitution , which was put into effect in March 1981 [ see pp. 30619-20 ; 30931 ] , provided for the re-establishment , effective 1989 , of the bi-cameral National Congress , consisting of a Senate of 38 elected and nine appointed members , all of whom were to serve an eight-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies whose 120 members were to be directly elected for a four-year term . |
11 | The Kingdom of Norway is a parliamentary monarchy ; executive power is vested formally in the king ( currently Olav V ) and effectively in the Prime Minister and the Council of State ( Cabinet ) ; legislative power is vested in the 165-member Parliament ( Storting ) elected for a four-year term . |
12 | Elected for a six-year term by universal suffrage ( or by a 301-member electoral college in case no candidate obtains an absolute majority ) , the President appoints a Cabinet under a Prime Minister , which must enjoy the confidence of the 200-member parliament ( Eduskunta ) , elected for a four-year term . |
13 | The unicameral 300-member Chamber of Deputies is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage under a system of reinforced proportional representation . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | The 28-member Consell General de las Valls ( General Council of the Valleys ) , elected for a four-year term , has , since reforms introduced in 1981 , appointed an Executive Council , introducing for the first time a separation between the executive and legislative arms of government . |
16 | In the Kingdom of Denmark legislative authority is vested jointly in the monarch , currently Queen Margrethe II , and in a unicameral parliament ( Folketing ) , whose 179 members are elected for a four-year term . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Under the 1924 Constitution the Republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 120-member Chamber of Deputies and a 20-member Senate , President and Congress being directly elected for a four-year term . |
19 | Executive power in internal affairs is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the 21-seat Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage , most recently in January 1989 , when the People 's Electoral Movement ( Movimento Electoral di Pueblo — MEP ) won 10 seats , and with the support of the Aruban Patriotic party ( Partido Patriótico Arubano — PPA ) and the National Democratic Action ( Acción Democrático Nacional — ADN ) formed a government [ see p. 37075 ] . |
20 | Executive power in internal affairs is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the 22-seat Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term by universal adult suffrage , most recently in March 1990 , when Prime Minister Maria Liberia Peters 's National People 's Party ( Partido Nashonal di Pueblo — PNP ) won seven seats and continued to lead a coalition government . |
21 | Under the FSM 's electoral system the 14-member Congress was composed of 10 senators , each elected for a two-year term , and four at-large senators — one each elected for a four-year term from the four states , Chuuk ( formerly known as Truk ) , Kosrae , Pohnpei and Yap . |
22 | Under the 1949 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 57-member unicameral Legislative Assembly . |
23 | Under the 1924 Constitution the Republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 120-member Chamber of Deputies and a 22-member Senate ; President and Congress are each directly elected for a four-year term . |
24 | Under the 1982 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 128-member National Assembly . |
25 | Executive power in internal affairs in each case is vested in a Council of Ministers , responsible to the Staten ( parliament ) , which is elected for a four-year term . |
26 | It has a Resident Commissioner , elected for a four-year term , who is a non-voting member of the US House of Representatives . |
27 | Power is exercised by a Governor , elected for a four-year term , and by a 15-member Senate elected every two years . |
28 | After 16 years of dictatorship from 1973 to 1989 an executive President is , under the 1980 Constitution ( drawn up under the previous military regime and amended in 1989 ) elected for a four-year term . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | An executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the Congress , consisting of a 114-member Senate and a 199-member House of Representatives . |