Example sentences of "three years [unc] [noun] [prep] [adj] " 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 | A specially established criminal tribunal on Aug. 11 sentenced a former Pasok Deputy Finance Minister , Nikos Athanasopoulos , to three years ' imprisonment for criminal fraud and forgery . |
3 | A new PICKUP Scotland EUROPE unit has now been guaranteed three years ' funding from Scottish Enterprise . |
4 | The goodwill in this case maybe calculated on two to three years ' purchase of so-called absolute net profit ( ie net profit after allowing for the salary of a fully-qualified manager for each shop ) . |
5 | The management of Absent Ltd have been studying the first three years ' results of this newly formed company and are a little concerned with the figures produced . |
6 | Arraigned on the same charge , Ren Wanding , the veteran human rights activist , who had previously been imprisoned for four years for his activities in the 1978-79 Democracy Movement , was given a more severe seven-year sentence with three years ' deprivation of political rights , having refused to show repentance for his " grave " crimes . |
7 | Jim is now the lucky owner of his third gold spray valve and now has three years ' supply of vegetarian burger bites . |