Sentence examples for for a maximum term from inspiring English sources

Straw had proposed an upper chamber of 300 senators who would be elected by proportional representation for a maximum term of 15 years.

The act generally calls for a maximum term of five years for possessing controlled substances with an intent to distribute them.

The 308 members of the House of Commons, from which the prime minister is selected, are elected for a maximum term of five years by universal suffrage in single-member districts (known in Canada as ridings).

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was jailed for a maximum term today when judges declared him sane enough to answer for the murder of 77 people last year, drawing a smirk of triumph from the self-styled warrior against Islam.

The 222-member House of Representatives is elected for a maximum term of five years from single-member constituencies.

These include Articles 65 and 66, which provide for a maximum term of five years for each Parliament and for a general election to be held within three months after Parliament is dissolved.

Mr. Reynolds was charged with one count of racketeering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years, and one count of making false statements, for which there is a maximum term of 5 years, the government said.

The women could have received a maximum term of 48 years for what Steve Jensen, a prosecutor, described as a "tortuous cruelty of a sickening and depraved nature".

Although the manslaughter charge carries a maximum term of three years for a juvenile, Mr. Millard suggested he would not seek incarceration if the boy was convicted in family court.

In the case of multiple annotations for a protein, maximum term similarity is taken as the protein similarity [ 32].

This is done in order to replace panel members who have dropped out or who have participated for the maximum term of four years.