Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adj] years for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | If he issues the injunction and Mr Farquharson ignores it , he could be jailed for up to two years for contempt . |
2 | If he breaks yesterday 's court order , he could be jailed for up to two years for contempt of court . |
3 | Emma Nicholson , Conservative MP for Devon West and Torridge , has lobbied that it should be , and for prison sentences of up to 10 years for culprits . |
4 | The term of the loan is approximately 7 — 12 years for industrial projects but can go up to 20 years for infrastructure investments ( these are investments in areas such as energy , transport , and communications which are beneficial to economic expansion in general ) . |
5 | Also amnestied were all prisoners ( except repeated offenders ) who had been sentenced before Dec. 22 , 1989 , to prison terms of up to three years for crimes other than murder , rape , grievous bodily harm , robbery , bribe-taking and abuse of power . |