Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for a [num ord] five-year " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Jan. 13 Mário Soares , 66 , was elected for a second five-year term as President . |
| 2 | Turnout was in the region of 30 to 35 per cent of the 4,700,000 electorate , less than had voted in October 's presidential elections in which President Félix Houphouët-Boigny , Africa 's longest-serving head of state , was returned for a seventh five-year term [ see p. 37767 ] . |
| 3 | The Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) government of Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford was returned for a second five-year term at a general election on Jan. 22 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |