Example sentences of "[noun sg] be directly [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the 1949 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 57-member unicameral Legislative Assembly . |
| 2 | Under the 1982 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 128-member National Assembly . |
| 3 | Under the 1987 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 4 | Under the amended Constitution approved in 1983 , an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , as is a unicameral 67-member Legislative Assembly . |
| 5 | An executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the Congress , consisting of a 114-member Senate and a 199-member House of Representatives . |
| 6 | Under the 1968 Constitution ( a new constitution is in preparation ) an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 7 | Under the Constitution which came into effect in 1980 , an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , and appoints the Council of Ministers . |
| 8 | Under the 1961 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term , as are the 49-member Senate and 196-member Chamber of Deputies which together make up the National Congress . |
| 9 | Known as Ceylon until 1972 , and an independent state within the Commonwealth since 1948 , under the 1978 Constitution the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has a presidential form of government ; the President is directly elected for a six-year term , appoints the Prime Minister and cabinet , and is also empowered to dissolve the 168-member parliament which is elected by proportional representation . |
| 10 | Pollution was directly to blame for a decline in life expectancy from 70.4 years in 1964 to 69.3 years in 1990 , Yablokov claimed , adding that in some particularly polluted areas it had fallen to as low as 44 years . |
| 11 | Both the President and the Vice-President are directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 12 | There is an executive President and a Congress consisting of a 114-member Senate and a 199-member House of Representatives , the President and Congress being directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 13 | Under the 1966 Constitution the republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 99-member Chamber of Deputies and a 30-member Senate , the President and the Congress being directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 14 | Under the 1924 Constitution the Republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 120-member Chamber of Deputies and a 20-member Senate , President and Congress being directly elected for a four-year term . |