Example sentences of "being [verb] to prison " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although popular in Japan , the sight of Douglas being sent to prison was deemed too ‘ down ’ for Western audiences . |
| 2 | Even those men , such as Bert Cooke and John Douglas , who were later critical of ministers becoming professional politicians , found themselves acting in the political arena as they tried to explain to an increasingly interested audience why their spiritual leader was being sent to prison . |
| 3 | The gipsies , instead of being sent to prison for stealing a pony , were only fined for stealing potatoes and oats . |
| 4 | ‘ To hear you talk , anyone would think you were being sent to prison ! ’ |
| 5 | Whereas the increase up to and including 1946 was not attributed to more people being sent to prison each year , thereafter the pattern changed with a substantial rise in the number of convicted and sentenced offenders being received from the courts . |
| 6 | To avoid any but the worst young offenders being sent to prison , the Prison Commissioners proposed to accelerate the provision of detention centres , backed up by a new sentence of custodial training for a maximum of two years with the chance of being released on licence , subject to after-care , after six months . |
| 7 | Since 1974 not only have the absolute numbers being sent to prison increased but the courts have become more punitive in the sense that they are sending a higher proportion of those convicted to prison . |
| 8 | The sentencers have used the new powers , not to reduce the numbers being sent to prison , but as a way of substituting a tougher penalty for petty offenders . |
| 9 | First , there should be a sentencing council , which would bring some consistency to sentencing and prevent people from being sent to prison for unreasonable periods . |
| 10 | They say that too many sick people are being sent to prison again and again instead of being treated . |
| 11 | He felt he could not risk being sent to prison and leaving her to cope . |
| 12 | Roderick Newall , who has been held in Gibraltar since being arrested at sea last August , was kept in hospital for three hours ' observation before being returned to prison . |