Example sentences of "the [num] constitution " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the 1971 Constitution , the unicameral 454-member People 's Assembly has 10 of its number appointed directly by the President , the rest being elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term . |
| 2 | ‘ Why had the 1980 Constitution abolished the right to put up posters ? ’ |
| 3 | Major political power in Vietnam is concentrated in the political bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( CPV ) , which is described in the 1980 Constitution as " the only force leading the state and society " . |
| 4 | Under the 1980 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | At the end of December 1989 the Supreme Court named the three final conservative appointees to the Senate [ see p. 37117 for first six appointments ] , so that the outgoing military regime was represented by 28 of the 47 members , further ensuring that the incoming government of President Aylwin would be unable to modify the central role of the military under the 1980 Constitution [ see p. 30619 ] . |
| 7 | Under the 1980 Constitution legislative power is held by the unicameral National Assembly , comprising 65 members ( 53 elected for five years by universal adult suffrage , on the basis of proportional representation , and 12 regional representatives ) while executive power is held by the President . |
| 8 | The 1980 Constitution defines Cape Verde as " a sovereign , democratic , unitary , anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist republic " . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | One of the main architects of the 1980 Constitution , his ideas were said to represent a fusion of economic neo-liberalism with authoritarianism . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Under the 1980 Constitution an executive President is elected every five years with the 65-member unicameral National Assembly ( of which 53 members are directly elected by proportional representation and 12 are regional representatives ) . |
| 13 | On July 16 the conference declared itself sovereign , announcing the dissolution of the National Assembly and the abrogation of the 1980 Constitution . |
| 14 | Under the terms of the 1980 Constitution legislative power is vested in a 496-member National Assembly ( Quoc Hoi ) elected for a five-year term , which elects a Council of State ( the collective presidency ) and a Council of Ministers headed by a Chair . |
| 15 | The draft represented a substantial revision of the 1980 Constitution . |
| 16 | Chief among the proposals was a clause allowing for the removal of the heads of the armed forces , something forbidden under the 1980 Constitution approved by the military . |
| 17 | It comprised 148 articles , only 10 of which remained unrevised from the 1980 constitution . |
| 18 | However , the opposition , which controlled the Senate , warned that the result did not give Aylwin a mandate to " steamroller the country into political reforms " and threatened to resist the government 's package of proposed reforms of the 1980 Constitution ( in force since 1981 ) presented in March with the primary purpose of further distancing the government from the previous military regime [ see p. 38810 ] . |
| 19 | In December Colombians elected a constituent assembly charged with rewriting the 1986 constitution . |
| 20 | However , he was prevented from standing on Oct. 19 , when the Constitutional Court upheld the Supreme Court 's Oct. 12 ruling that anyone who had been the author or beneficiary of a military coup was debarred from participation in elections under Article 186 of the 1986 Constitution . |
| 21 | On July 23 the Supreme Soviet of the autonomous republic of Abkhazia ( capital Sukhumi — see map p. 38925 ) restored the 1925 Constitution ( annulling that of 1978 ) to proclaim the republic 's " state sovereignty " . |
| 22 | Under the terms of the 1972 Constitution nominal political authority is held by a unicameral Supreme People 's Assembly ( SPA ) , the 615 members of which are elected every four years from a single list of candidates . |
| 23 | In October the UK government agreed to a July request from the Legislative Assembly for a review of the 1972 Constitution . |
| 24 | Under the terms of the 1972 Constitution nominal political authority is held by a unicameral Supreme People 's Assembly ( SPA ) , the 687 members of which are elected every four years from a single list of candidates . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Under the 1979 Constitution it has an executive President , directly elected together with a Vice-President for a single four-year term . |
| 28 | The 1979 Constitution was suspended , and parliamentary institutions were abolished . |
| 29 | The 1979 Constitution was suspended , and parliamentary institutions were abolished . |
| 30 | On April 18 , it was reported that the conference had voted to draft a " fundamental law " , suspending the 1979 constitution , and calling for multiparty democracy within 15 months . |