Example sentences of "[noun] to [adj] [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent . |
| 2 | Backs hold key to All Blacks ' demise |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal said that the attempt to keep the group afloat by recourse to both companies ' assets was a reasonable commercial judgment in the circumstances and was not unfairly prejudicial . |
| 4 | The 32-year-old Londoner has yet to secure a contract with the team for 1994 , and after finishing second to fellow Williams ' driver Alain Prost in yesterday 's opening qualifying session , said : ‘ I have had a fantastic opportunity with this team and I believe they will be the team to beat again next year . |
| 5 | He sentenced M. to six months ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | But the Japanese attitude to other countries ' war graves is not winning them any friends . |
| 7 | Our responses to Five Minutes ' Peace are more at odds . |
| 8 | There seemed little awareness of how the mainstream activities of the housing department are of relevance to social services ' role in enabling independent living . |
| 9 | It prevents proceedings being transferred for this reason unless it can be shown that no other method , including transfer to another magistrates ' court , is appropriate and that delay would seriously prejudice the child 's interests . |
| 10 | Traditionally , computer manufacturers have used proprietary software to ‘ lock in ’ users , who would then find it impossible or prohibitively expensive , to move their applications to other manufacturers ' machines — or even , in IBM 's case , different machines from the same manufacturer . |
| 11 | We aim to guarantee every woman in employment the right to 14 weeks ' maternity leave on full pay , and to give fathers paternity leave , bringing Britain into line with the better provision in the European Community . |
| 12 | On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent . |
| 13 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 14 | This research will be extended by examining 10- to 16-year olds ' perceptions of advertisements for alcoholic drinks . |
| 15 | Two Lebanese-born financiers , Jean Magharian and Barkev Magharian , were each sentenced on Sept. 13 by a court in Bellinzona to four years ' imprisonment and a fine of SFr50,000 ( approximately US$39,000 ) for laundering SFr1,200 million ( US$933 million ) for drug operations in Turkey and Lebanon through Swiss banks . |
| 16 | After a five-hour trial Bao was sentenced by the People 's Intermediate Court to five years ' imprisonment for " inciting " counter-revolutionary activities and to four years for " divulging state secrets " . |
| 17 | A leading member of the ETA command , Santiago Arróspide Sarasola " Santi-Potrosó " , was on July 4 , 1990 , sentenced by a French court to 10 years ' imprisonment for belonging to a terrorist organization and for illegal possession of arms . |
| 18 | Silke Maier-Witt , a former member of the Red Army Faction ( RAF ) arrested in east Germany in 1990 [ see p. 37828 ] , was sentenced by a Stuttgart court to 10 years ' imprisonment on Oct. 8 for her part in the 1977 murder of Hanns-Martin Schleyer [ see pp. 28743 ; 28920 ] and in the 1979 attempted assassination of Gen. Alexander Haig [ see p. 29913 ] . |
| 19 | Harry Tisch , the former chair of the East German Free German Trade Union Federation ( FDGB ) , was sentenced on June 6 by a Berlin court to 18 months ' imprisonment on charges of misappropriation of union funds for personal benefit . |
| 20 | Gerd Honsik , the neo-Nazi publisher of an extreme right-wing magazine Halt , was sentenced by a Vienna court to 18 months ' imprisonment on May 5 for 14 neo-Nazi offences including the denial that the mass murder of Jewish people had taken place under the Third Reich . |
| 21 | On Dec. 14 Sergei Parfyonov , the former deputy commander in Riga of the Soviet Interior Ministry troops , the OMON , was sentenced by a Latvian court to four years ' imprisonment in a corrective labour camp for " exceeding his authority " during events in Riga in January 1991 [ see p. 37945 ] . |
| 22 | Nicolae Andruta Ceausescu , the younger brother of executed former President Nicolae Ceausescu , was sentenced by a military tribunal of the Supreme Court to 15 years ' imprisonment and demoted . |
| 23 | Maha Banat was accused of adultery with Ahmed Hussein al-Zahrani , a Saudi citizen , whom she claims she does not know , and who was sentenced by the same court to three months ' imprisonment and 100 lashes . |
| 24 | In November two former Army officers , Adolfo Padilla and Gustavo Díaz , were sentenced by a civilian court to seven years ' imprisonment each for participation in a failed coup attempt on May 9 , 1989 [ see p. 36653-54 ] . |
| 25 | Werner Lotze , 38 , a Red Army Faction extremist , was sentenced on Jan. 31 by the Bavarian state court to 12 years ' imprisonment . |
| 26 | The High Court on Dec. 14 sentenced opposition campaigner Chakufwa Chihana to two years ' imprisonment with hard labour for sedition . |
| 27 | Delegation of management responsibilities will be needed : ( 1 ) to avoid having to take day to day problems to full partners ' meetings for decision ; ( 2 ) to free individual partners from onerous administrative tasks so as to allow them to concentrate on fee earning ; ( 3 ) because it is inherently more efficient . |
| 28 | In the light of the Committee 's hesitancy , it is not surprising that the Sexual Offences Act 1985 , which raised the penalty for indecent assault to ten years ' imprisonment , did not also divide the offence into two degrees . |
| 29 | As with most of their changes to local authorities ' funding , the government 's aim for LMS is increased accountability , and therefore efficiency . |
| 30 | Sentencing Serjeant to five years ' imprisonment , Lord Lane ( the Lord Chief Justice ) said : ‘ The public sense of outrage must be marked . |