Example sentences of "be elect [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is likely that the next session will be decisive and that a curator will then be elected on a temporary basis : the appointment to direct the Visual Arts sector for the 1992 and 1995 Biennales can not be confirmed until the Executive Committee , whose mandate has now expired , has itself been completely renewed . |
| 2 | Of the remaining seats , 152 would be elected on a proportional basis from county and metropolitan lists , and 58 were to be indirectly elected from national " compensation " lists nominated by the parties . |
| 3 | The new officers were to be elected at a special congress in December . |
| 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 | Aylwin , however , stated that he did not wish to accept such an offer , nor did he feel that it was justified , given that he had agreed to be elected for a four-year period and that to alter the term of office ( by amending the Constitution ) " would be to change the rules of play of our democratic co-existence " . |
| 10 | There are spokespeople ( or speakers ) and individuals whose characters and strong views shape the movement : Sara Parkin , who lives in Lyons and is co-secretary of the co-ordinating body which links the European parties ; the Swiss Daniel Brélaz who , in 1979 , became the first Green to be elected to a national parliament ; Petra Kelly , the uncompromising driving force in the Fundi ( fundamentalist ) faction of Die Grünen , whose pragmatic factions , the Realos ( realistic reformers ) and Superrealos , seek to establish working relationships with the mainstream Left ; and a number , not very large number , of others . |
| 11 | A king would not be an hereditary monarch , but would be elected from a small cohort of princely and chiefly families , in the ancient Irish manner . |
| 12 | It provided for a strong president , to be elected by a National Assembly for a five-year term . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 15 | The President was elected by simple majority , while members of the National Assembly were elected on a regional proportional basis , each party or alliance presenting a list of candidates in each of the nine regions and the number of deputies elected depending on the population of the region ( for example 25 for Managua , five for the Atlantic coast region ) . |
| 16 | None gave the Tories a hope of being elected with a working majority . |
| 17 | There is a 65-member Chamber of Deputies , most recently elected for a term of five years in April 1987 [ see p. 35180 ] , all candidates being elected from a single list put forward by the Popular Rally for Progress ( Rassemblement populaire pour le progrès — RPP ) , since October 1981 the sole legal party . |
| 18 | Under the established system for electing members to the House of Commons , each elector has only one vote in a general election ; each constituency returns only one Member of Parliament ; and Members of the House of Commons are elected on a first-past-the-post ( winner takes all ) system whereby the candidate with the most votes wins the seat whether or not he or she has an overall majority of all the votes cast in the constituency . |
| 19 | In the Kingdom of Denmark legislative authority is vested jointly in the monarch , currently Queen Margrethe II , and in a unicameral parliament ( Folketing ) , whose 179 members are elected for a four-year term . |
| 20 | Legislative power is vested in the 72-member unicameral National Congress , 12 of whose members are elected for a four-year term on a national basis and the remainder , whose seats are renewable after two years , on a provincial basis . |
| 21 | In the Kingdom of Denmark legislative authority is vested jointly in the monarch and in a unicameral parliament ( Folketing ) , the 179 members of which are elected for a four-year term . |
| 22 | Both houses are elected for a four-year term , the Second Chamber directly , by proportional representation , the First Chamber the directly elected members of the provincial councils . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Legislative power is vested in the unicameral House of Representatives , whose 97 members are elected for a three-year term . |
| 26 | In an address on Virgil which he gave in September of this year , he talked of certain men , like Aeneas , who are elected to a special destiny . |
| 27 | There is a 65-member Chamber of Deputies , elected by universal adult suffrage for a term of five years ; all candidates are elected from a single list put forward by the Popular Rally for Progress , the sole legal party since October 1981 . |
| 28 | Deputies to the Federal Assembly , which is made up of the Federal Chamber ( 220 seats ) and the Chamber of Republics and Provinces ( 88 seats ) are elected by a multi-tiered system of communal assemblies , and serve for four years . |
| 29 | Councillors are elected in a similar manner to Members of Parliament . |
| 30 | Another source of future friction lies in the failure of the congress to elevate Mr Pozsgay above other presidium members , some of whom had never been elected to a top party position . |