Example sentences of "directly [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the Constitution of December 1983 executive power is held by the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term , while legislative power is vested in the unicameral Legislative Assembly ( which replaced the National Constituent Assembly in March 1985 ) with 60 members similarly elected for a three-year term . |
| 2 | Executive power is held by the President , also directly elected for a five-year term , assisted by two elected Vice-Presidents and an appointed Cabinet . |
| 3 | Most of the 244 members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected by the state assemblies ( one-third being replaced every two years ) while all but two of the 544-members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 4 | Under the 1980 Constitution executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Legislative power is vested in the unicameral 50-seat House of Representatives , comprising of 36 directly elected for a five-year term , five chiefs elected by the Assembly of Chiefs , eight non-voting nominated members and the Attorney General . |
| 7 | Executive power is vested in the President , who is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 8 | The legislature is the 40-member National Assembly , of whom 34 are directly elected for a five-year term ( with four specially elected members and two ex officio ) ; 31 of the directly elected seats are currently held by the ruling Botswana Democratic Party and three by the Botswana National Front . |
| 9 | Legislative power is vested in the unicameral National Assembly , 112 of whose members are directly elected for a five-year term ; the President can also appoint an unlimited number of deputies to the Assembly . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Under the 1968 Constitution ( a new constitution is in preparation ) an executive President is directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Under the 1987 Constitution an executive President was elected by the 51-member National Assembly which itself was directly elected for a five-year term . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Most of the 244 members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected by the state assemblies ( one-third being replaced every two years ) while all but two of the 545-members of the Lok Sabha are directly elected for a five-year term by universal adult suffrage . |
| 16 | The 1949 Constitution established Costa Rica as a democratic state with an executive President directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The 1980 Constitution , which was put into effect in March 1981 [ see pp. 30619-20 ; 30931 ] , provided for the re-establishment , effective 1989 , of the bi-cameral National Congress , consisting of a Senate of 38 elected and nine appointed members , all of whom were to serve an eight-year term , and a Chamber of Deputies whose 120 members were to be directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Under the 1949 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 57-member unicameral Legislative Assembly . |
| 21 | Under the 1924 Constitution the Republic has an executive President and a National Congress consisting of a 120-member Chamber of Deputies and a 22-member Senate ; President and Congress are each directly elected for a four-year term . |
| 22 | Under the 1982 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a four-year term , as is the 128-member National Assembly . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The unicameral 250-member People 's Assembly , directly elected for a four-year term , elects the President , who is banned from party office , and the Council of Ministers . |
| 25 | Under a new Constitution approved by the 96-member National Constituent Assembly on Nov. 19 , 1986 , and signed into effect on Jan. 9 , 1987 [ see p. 35444 ] , legislative power is exercised by a unicameral National Assembly composed of 90 representatives ( each with an alternate representative ) directly elected for a six-year term by a system of proportional representation and , in addition , those unelected presidential and vice-presidential candidates ( as representatives and alternates respectively ) who receive nationally votes at least equivalent to the average of the winning percentages in each regional electoral district . |
| 26 | Both the President and the Vice-President are directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 27 | Executive powers are vested in the President who is directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 28 | Executive power was vested in the President , directly elected for a six-year term . |
| 29 | The President , who is directly elected for a six-year term , is also secretary-general of the sole legal political party , the Mali People 's Democratic Union ( UDPM ) . |
| 30 | Under the 1987 Constitution an executive President is directly elected for a six-year term . |