Example sentences of "[num] months ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was taking eight months ' leave without pay from Coronation , but in the back of her mind was the odd feeling that she would n't be going back , and she did n't quite know what it meant . |
| 2 | After eight months ' work it has acquired a life of its own . |
| 3 | It also means that the real value of the redemption payment will vary according to the rate of inflation during the last eight months ' life of a bond and so calculations of real yields to redemption can only be made on the basis of assumed rates of inflation . |
| 4 | On 11 June 1992 the husband was arrested at the wife 's house and on 12 June Judge Woodford , finding him guilty of breaches of the injunctions of 12 September 1991 and 12 May 1992 , sentenced him to eight months ' imprisonment for contempt of court . |
| 5 | Mr. Butler was sentenced to eight months ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | Inspired by the work of Florence Nightingale in the Crimea , she was determined to become a nurse , and eventually , in 1860 , she overcame her mother 's opposition and embarked on eight months ' training at Kaiserswerth . |
| 7 | Detractors of what has been achieved so far in Docklands , 10 years after the LDDC 's inception , fail to remember that there is one other artery into the area that will have a positive effect on commercial property : the underground road tunnel known as the Limehouse Link , which is expected to open in about eight months ' time , eliminating tedious congestion at Tower Bridge and Wapping . |
| 8 | Sentence : 30 months ' imprisonment . |
| 9 | Miroslav Stepan , former Communist Party secretary in Prague , was sentenced on Oct. 22 to 30 months ' imprisonment following confirmation by an appeal court of his July conviction on charges of abuse of power connected with the suppression of a Prague demonstration on Oct. 28 , 1988 ; a second charge relating to a January 1989 demonstration was referred back to the Prosecutor 's Office [ for his conviction and initial sentence of four years ' imprisonment see p. 37737 ] . |
| 10 | Moses Ali was sentenced to 30 months ' imprisonment for illegal possession of weapons on Jan. 7 . |
| 11 | He was not given the 30 months ' notice provided for by his contract . |
| 12 | He agreed to be admitted to a psychiatric unit where , after 2 months ' treatment with psychotherapy and antidepressants , he appeared to improve considerably . |
| 13 | In none of the 10 patients who completed the six months ' trial and none of the five patients who completed 12 months ' treatment was endoscopic improvement of the lesions seen . |
| 14 | On the other hand , Finstat — unlike an index — adds back 12 months ' income , assuming it to be reinvested in the trust . |
| 15 | Sentence : 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution . |
| 16 | It is now clearly established that a juvenile who pleads guilty to an offence or series of offences for which the maximum term of custody is a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution should normally receive an appropriate discount to reflect his plea , subject to the general principles governing the award of a discount . |
| 17 | ( S. ) 335 recognise the exception illustrated by this decision : if the offence to which the juvenile has pleaded guilty is punishable with 14 years ' imprisonment and is therefore one for which the juvenile can be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) for a longer period , a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution is not objectionable , despite the plea of guilty , if the offence would have justified a longer term of detention under section 53(2) and the sentencer has given the juvenile a discount for his plea by choosing to impose a term of detention in a young offender institution rather than detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) . |
| 18 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
| 19 | The appellant had been sentenced to a term of detention which took effect as a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution , and the Court 's powers were limited to declaring that that was the effect of the sentence passed by the Crown Court . |
| 20 | Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s. 1B(5) provides that if a sentence of detention in a young offender institution is passed on a juvenile which results in a total term of detention exceeding 12 months ' , any excess over 12 months ' is remitted and the sentence takes effect as a term of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution . |
| 21 | He was sentenced to 12 months ' detention . |
| 22 | THE new issue of the Film Yearbook ( Virgin , £6.99 ) includes comments from several film-makers on the quality of the past 12 months ' cinema . |
| 23 | The bankrupt was sentenced to 12 months ' imprisonment . |
| 24 | He was sentenced to a total of 12 months ' imprisonment for the summary and either way offences and the suspended sentence was activated consecutively . |
| 25 | Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 , s.133 allowed a magistrates ' court to pass an aggregate of 12 months ' imprisonment for two or more either way offences . |
| 26 | Sentence : 12 months ' imprisonment in each case . |
| 27 | Exceptionally , 12 months ' extension may be granted ( Ord 7 , r 20(3) ) . |
| 28 | After just 12 months ' training , they will be able to teach nursery and infant pupils . |
| 29 | That decision may be taken instead by the EC summit due to be held in Rome in 12 months ' time — although the practical effect will be to delay the start of the intergovernmental conference by only a few months to early in 1991 . |
| 30 | This nine-year-old , outpaced at a crucial stage in the race , finished strongly in ninth place , and with Party Politics , gives Mrs Thompson excellent prospects of a second Grand National triumph in 12 months ' time . |