Example sentences of "[noun] [be] elected for [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President is elected for four years , but members of the House of Representatives have to face election every two years , while a senator is elected for six years . |
| 2 | It was proposed that the president be elected for two years without the right to re-election . |
| 3 | The President is elected for four years , but members of the House of Representatives have to face election every two years , while a senator is elected for six years . |
| 4 | The Republic of Maldives ( called the Maldive Islands until 1969 ) has an executive President elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage , a Cabinet appointed and presided over by the President and a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majilis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for five years and the remaining eight appointed by the President . |
| 5 | Legislative authority is vested in a popularly elected bicameral Diet which is composed of a 512-member House of Representatives ( or Lower House , elected for up to four years ) and a House of Councillors ( or Upper House , whose 252 members are elected for six years , with half being due for re-election every three years ) . |
| 6 | Legislative authority is vested in a popularly elected bicameral Diet which is composed of a 512-member House of Representatives ( elected for up to four years ) and a House of Councillors ( whose 252 members are elected for six years , with half being due for re-election every three years ) . |
| 7 | The president and the vice-president are elected for one year and they are eligible for re-election , although they may not serve for more than three years . |
| 8 | And since senators are elected for 9 years , it is natural that they should keep in close touch with the local councillors who elected them — they do n't want to be completely forgotten . |