Example sentences of "are elected for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 44-member General Council and 45-member Regional Council are elected for six-year terms by universal suffrage . |
| 2 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral Parliament , the 46 members of which are elected for four years on the basis of universal adult franchise . |
| 3 | Federal authority is vested in a President who is elected by the 14-member federal legislature , the National Congress , which is composed of 10 senators elected for two-year terms , and four at-large senators ( one from each state ) who are elected for four years . |
| 4 | Legislative authority is vested in a unicameral Parliament , the 46 members of which are elected for four years on the basis of universal adult franchise . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The office of president ceased to exist upon the death in 1980 of Marshal Josip Broz Tito [ for which see pp. 30472-73 ] , being replaced by a Collective State Presidency whose eight members ( one from each republic and province ) are elected for five years ( most recently in May 1989 — see pp. 36662-63 ) by the bicameral Federal Assembly ( Parliament ) . |
| 7 | The legislature consists of a nine-member Senate and a 15-member House of Representatives ; its members are elected for two-year terms . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Legislative authority is held by a bicameral Congress made up of a 180-member Chamber of Deputies and a 60-member Senate , both of which are elected for five-year terms , the Senate on a regional basis and the Chamber of Deputies by constituencies under a system of proportional representation . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Elections in the United States take place every two years ( more frequently if one includes state and local elections ) and , as part of the checks and balances built into the process by the constitution , different institutions are elected for different tenures . |