Example sentences of "elect for a [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kingdom of Norway is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch exercises authority through a Council of State ( Cabinet ) , appointed by the monarch in accordance with the will of the 165-member parliament ( Storting ) , which is elected for a fixed four-year term . |
| 2 | Every councillor is elected for a fixed four year term of office . |
| 3 | A general election was held in August 1991 [ see p. 38397 ] ; Wee Kim Wee was elected for a second four-year term in August 1989 [ see p. 37574 ] . |
| 4 | On Jan. 13 Mário Soares , 66 , was elected for a second five-year term as President . |
| 5 | Prime Minister Erskine Sandiford of the Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) , elected for a second five-year term in the general election on Jan. 22 [ see pp. 37955-56 ] , announced his new Cabinet on Jan. 26 [ for previous Cabinet see p. 37821 ] . |
| 6 | With the Tories elected for a fourth successive term , the politics of the opposition are obviously up for radical examination . |
| 7 | After the King 's speech , Abd Al-Latif Arabiyat of the Moslem Brotherhood was elected for a third consecutive term as Speaker of the House of Representatives , the Assembly 's lower chamber . |
| 8 | Under the 1979 Constitution , an executive President is elected for a single four-year term . |
| 9 | Executive power is in the hands of a President ( directly elected for a single six-year term ) and an appointed Cabinet . |
| 10 | Legislative authority is exercised by the unicameral 400-member Grand National Assembly , elected for a maximum five-year term by universal adult suffrage . |