extend the term

There are plans to extend presidential terms to seven years.

The club also had the option to extend terms until the summer of 2013.

He thus extended his term to five years after the October 2002 elections.

A 1954 constitutional amendment extended their term of office from two years to four.

Instead she said, "I shall be extending your term of service."

Would the mayor then have proposed extending his term only by an extra two months?

During 1898, an amendment to extend the Mayor's term to four years was adopted.

The mayor told the candidates that he wanted them to agree to extend his term, for two to three months, to help with the transition.

At yesterday's meeting, however, a resolution was introduced to extend the chairman's term to three years.

"Clearly," one club executive said yesterday, "the main purpose of the meeting is to extend his term."