Example sentences of "[noun] to [adj] year ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Those are a necessary complement to last year 's directive on emission standards for heavy duty diesel vehicles . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Mozart and the Enlightenment : Truth , Virtue and Beauty in Mozart 's Operas by Nicholas Till Faber , £30 Richard Strauss 's Elektra by Bryan Gilliam Oxford , £35 Stockhausen by Michael Kurtz tr by Richard Toop Faber , £25 NICHOLAS TILL 's Mozart and the Enlightenment is no mere postscript to last year 's commemoration of the bicentenary of Mozart 's death . |
4 | About 30pc of visitors to last year 's Darlington show got in without paying , it was disclosed last week . |
5 | THE number of visitors to this year 's Birmingham Motor Show topped 650,000 , a 45pc increase on the last show in 1990 , it was announced yesterday . |
6 | The show 's catalogue makes approving reference to last year 's Los Angeles ‘ uprising ’ . |
7 | ‘ As Emporio spreads and grows , I will concentrate more on doing a few limited pieces for the special clients who buy my signature line , ’ he smiles , betraying a special fondness for those who grudge no expense for a new take on a shoulder-line , a fresh twist to this year 's lapel that simply can not be copied in a less fluid fabric at a lower price . |
8 | Evans , who has transformed Cardiff from last season 's Welsh rugby no-hopers to this year 's championship contenders , said he had been asked to come back next year but personal problems might prevent him doing so . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | Boxing Day to New Year 's Day ( inclusive ) |
12 | 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 " . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 ] . |
15 | 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 ] . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 ] . |
18 | Werner Lotze , 38 , a Red Army Faction extremist , was sentenced on Jan. 31 by the Bavarian state court to 12 years ' imprisonment . |
19 | The High Court on Dec. 14 sentenced opposition campaigner Chakufwa Chihana to two years ' imprisonment with hard labour for sedition . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | THE Ireland women 's hockey squad will travel to Italy for a weekend training camp in November as part of the build-up to next year 's World Cup finals in Dublin . |
22 | THE Ireland women 's hockey squad will travel to Italy for a weekend training camp in November as part of the build-up to next year 's World Cup finals in Dublin . |
23 | But a 3-1 drubbing by Brazil on a South American tour just before Christmas has put pressure on manager Vogts in the build-up to next year 's World Cup . |
24 | Sentencing Serjeant to five years ' imprisonment , Lord Lane ( the Lord Chief Justice ) said : ‘ The public sense of outrage must be marked . |
25 | After a 15-week trial , a military court on Dec. 12 , 1989 , sentenced a police colonel to 15 years ' imprisonment for ordering the killing in cold blood of 124 unarmed inmates of Lurigancho prison in Lima in 1986 following an uprising [ see pp. 34607-08 ] . |
26 | And it was a good start to this year 's championships . |
27 | A US court in Miami , Florida , sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega to 40 years ' imprisonment on July 10 on drugs and racketeering charges . |
28 | His co-defendant , Rudolf Ernst , who was resident in New York , was sentenced in his absence to two years ' imprisonment . |
29 | Fred Couples is a welcome addition to this year 's World Cup of Golf by Philip Morris , but the event is still likely to be plagued by slow play . |
30 | ‘ There was little snow this year in contrast to last year 's challenge when the entire route was snow-covered , ’ he said . |