Example sentences of "hold office for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the 1980 Constitution as amended in November 1987 the executive President , who holds office for a six-year term and is eligible for re-election , is both head of state and head of government . |
| 2 | Elected representatives hold office for three years ; the most recent elections were held in February 1990 . |
| 3 | Elected representatives hold office for three years . |
| 4 | In the move to the middle ground of politics , it risked becoming indistinguishable from its rivals , except that it was tarnished with holding office for so long . |
| 5 | Similarly a member convicted under the Representation of the People Act 1983 , under the provisions relating to corrupt and illegal practices is incapable of holding office for five years . |
| 6 | But it 's not a question of holding office for the sake of holding office . |
| 7 | I have been privileged to hold office for 11 years in a series of jobs of enormous interest and I believe of some importance , especially in relation to drugs , broadcasting , the NHS and foreign affairs . |
| 8 | The Djibouiti talks ended with an endorsement of Ali Mahdi Mohammed , interim President since January , to hold office for two years . |
| 9 | The professor will be qualified for election as one of the official members of the Boards of the Faculties of Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences who are elected from time to time by the respective faculties from the lists of qualified persons to hold office for two years . |
| 10 | Gordon Walker held office for three months , outside the Commons , awaiting a by-election . |
| 11 | Montrose , however , finding himself in such an impasse , and with the prospect of recurring battles before him , for the collector held office for only a single year before having to seek re-election , had his own solution to the difficulties which the office entailed for such as himself . |
| 12 | He held office for twenty-seven years and became one of the most renowned figures who have ever served the BDDA , because of his devotion to the cause of deafness and the dominating position he came to hold in the deaf world . |
| 13 | The 10-feet high palings , with their broad central gates and twin gas lamps , may not be as imposing as the metal fence around Buckingham Palace , but they do , in their modest way , suggest a sense of grandeur appropriate to a leader who has held office for 10 years . |
| 14 | On the other hand , foresters of fee were often landowners of some local importance , and of course held office for life . |
| 15 | During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries the verderers , regarders and agisters usually held office for life , provided that they discharged their duties faithfully and well , but in the fifteenth century the authority of the verderer , like that of the coroner , was brought to an end by the death of the king , and the sheriffs were ordered to hold new elections . |