Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for a [num ord] term " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 2 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 3 | Haygarth Jackson was reappointed for a second term as chairman of Publications and Information Board . |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | Diouf was re-elected for a second term at the same time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Ieremia Tabai has been President since independence and was elected for a fourth term on May 12 , 1987 , despite a constitutional prohibition on any individual serving more than three terms in the post . |
| 8 | In 1987 the Conservative Party was returned for a third term . |
| 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 . |