Example sentences of "are elect [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Legislative power is vested in the unicameral House of Representatives , whose 97 members are elected for a three-year term . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Councillors are elected in a similar manner to Members of Parliament . |