Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for a five-year [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among new measures ( i ) a new " tax exempt special savings account " would be introduced from January 1991 ; and ( ii ) the rate of pool betting duty would be reduced for a five-year period to release funds to be devoted to the improvement of safety and conditions at football grounds [ for April 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster see p. 36597 ] . |
| 2 | He was due to be inaugurated for a five-year term on Feb. 7 , 1991 , the fifth anniversary of the overthrow of the Duvalier regime . |
| 3 | Fiji 's executive President was to be appointed for a five-year term by the Great Council of Chiefs , which would also nominate 24 Melanesians to the 34-member Senate . |
| 4 | This was expected to provide for a President and National Assembly , to be elected for a five-year term under a multiparty system , with the President eligible for re-election once only . |
| 5 | The draft proposed that the chief executive ( a position comparable with that of the current Governor ) be elected for a five-year term by an 800-member " broadly represented " election committee . |
| 6 | The new Constitution restores the name Republic of Afghanistan , and provides for an executive President and a bicameral National Assembly , the lower house of which would be elected for a five-year term , with the upper house being partly elected and partly appointed . |
| 7 | It provided for an executive President and a bicameral National Assembly , the lower house of which would be elected for a five-year term , with the upper house being partly elected and partly appointed . |
| 8 | Under the terms of the bill the future president and vice-president would be elected for a five-year term by a simple majority of the Assembly . |
| 9 | Of the Assembly 's members 500 are from the legislative House of Representatives ( Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat , to which 400 were elected for a five-year term by direct universal adult suffrage in April 1987 [ see p. 35326 ] ; the remaining 100 were appointed by the President . |
| 10 | Legislative power is vested in the bicameral Federal Assembly ( Federalni Shromazdeni ) , which consists of a 200-member Chamber of the People ( Snemovna Lidu ) and a 150-member Chamber of the Nations ( Snemovna Narodu ) , both of which are elected for a five-year term . |
| 11 | There is a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majlis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for a five-year term ; the remaining eight are appointed by the President . |
| 12 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Moi was returned for a third five-year term in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by KANU . |
| 13 | The People 's Assembly , the unicameral legislative body , is elected for a five-year term by direct popular vote . |
| 14 | Executive power is vested in the President , who is elected for a five-year term by direct suffrage , and who appoints the Council of Ministers , as well as members of the judiciary and the holders of certain public offices . |
| 15 | The Congress , which partly superseded the former USSR Supreme Soviet , is elected for a five-year term and convenes once or twice a year to decide on major constitutional , political and socio-economic questions . |
| 16 | The President is elected for a five-year term by popular vote . |
| 17 | The 40-member National People 's Assembly , " the supreme organ of the state " , is elected for a five-year term and meets twice a year . |
| 18 | A 65-member House of Representatives is elected for a five-year term ( subject to dissolution ) by direct universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation . |
| 19 | The President is elected for a five-year term by a 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat ) , described in the Constitution as the embodiment of the whole Indonesian people . |
| 20 | Executive power is vested in the President , who is elected for a five-year term . |
| 21 | Legislative power is vested in the 120-member National Assembly , which is elected for a five-year term . |
| 22 | The President is elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage ; Daniel arap Moi was returned for a third five-year term as President in February 1988 [ see p. 36137 ] without recourse to the electorate , having been proposed as sole candidate by the Kenya African National Union ( KANU ) , the sole legal party . |
| 23 | Under the 1983 Constitution an executive President is elected for a five-year term , as is a unicameral Legislative Assembly , which was expanded from 60 to 84 members in March 1991 . |
| 24 | An executive President is elected for a five-year term . |
| 25 | It is elected for a five-year term by a system of proportional representation . |
| 26 | It has a 65-member House of Representatives which is elected for a five-year term ( subject to dissolution ) by direct universal adult suffrage under a system of proportional representation . |
| 27 | The President is elected for a five-year term by the 1,000-member People 's Consultative Assembly ( Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat — MPR ) . |
| 28 | Legislative power is vested in the unicameral National Assembly , whose 112 elected members are chosen for a five-year term by direct popular vote ; the President is empowered to appoint an unlimited number of deputies to the Assembly . |
| 29 | The Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Esmat Abdel Meguid , 68 , was appointed for a five-year term as Secretary-General of the Arab League on May 14 . |
| 30 | The People 's Assembly , the unicameral legislative body , was elected for a five-year term by direct popular vote . |