Example sentences of "[prep] two [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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31 | Not all the Le Monde journalists support the change , which is the result of two years ' market research and several dummy editions . |
32 | In front of his own people ( he was born near Vicenza ) , he will wish to erase the unhappy memories of two years ' inactivity caused by serious knee injuries . |
33 | Thus , to return to the arguments mobilized against the CLRC 's proposal : the chief difference in protection of the vulnerable between the present system and the CLRC 's is that the latter had a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , whereas life imprisonment is available where a defence of diminished responsibility succeeds ; and the fundamental ethical problems are now swept under the carpet by a combination of a stretched diagnosis of ‘ abnormality of mind ’ and the ample judicial sentencing discretion , whereas the CLRC 's proposal attempted to make the issues justiciable . |
34 | Another aggravated offence is assault with intent to resist arrest or to prevent a lawful arrest , contrary to section 38 of the 1861 Act and carrying a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
35 | The Mental Health Act 1983 contains a somewhat similar offence of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting a patient in a mental hospital , which has a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
36 | This offence , with its maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , encompasses two classes of weapon : first , an article made or adapted for use as a weapon ; and second , any article intended for such use . |
37 | This offence is punishable only with a fine , whereas reckless driving carries a maximum of two years ' imprisonment . |
38 | Other types of fraud and mistake are held to be insufficient for the offence of rape , and bring the case within the lesser offence of procuring a woman by false pretences or false representations to have unlawful sexual intercourse ( section 3 , Sexual Offences Act 1956 , carrying a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment ) . |
39 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |
40 | The course is of two years ' duration . |
41 | The course is of two years ' duration . |
42 | The course is of two years ' duration . |
43 | The course is of two years ' duration . |
44 | The course is of two years ' duration . |
45 | The course is of two years ' duration . |
46 | The walk-in centre is the result of two years ' struggle by an international group of scientists to realise an ideal . |
47 | a minimum of two years ' experience in Medical Information in the pharmaceutical industry . |
48 | ‘ Fields of Vision — Dreams of View ’ — Dawson 's first exhibition dedicated to personal creative work and the result of two years ' work in collage — is showing at Smiths ' Gallery 3 in Covent Garden from 17–22 February . |
49 | Club president Jim Carnegie said the new floodlit pitch , which replaces a heavily-worn dry play area , represented the culmination of two years ' planning and fund-raising . |
50 | The guidelines are the results of two years ' consideration with professionals in the field . |
51 | Insider dealings are prohibited , and those who commit such dealings are liable to prosecution in the criminal court with a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
52 | In 1988 , PHILIPPE LE ROUX unveiled the F1 , the product of two years ' design and development . |
53 | The importance which the legislature attached to the observance of the regulatory system is demonstrated by section 4 , which makes a contravention of section 3 an offence , punishable on conviction on indictment by a term of two years ' imprisonment or a fine or both . |
54 | My Lords , this is an appeal brought by the Director of Public Prosecutions with the leave of the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1334 from a decision of that court on 22 April 1991 allowing the appeal of the respondent defendant , Edwin Gomez , against his convictions on 20 and 24 April 1990 at Isleworth Crown Court on two counts of theft , for which he received concurrent sentences of two years ' imprisonment , and quashing those convictions . |
55 | Eligibility for payments is now restricted to workers under the age of 65 who have a minimum of two years ' full-time service since the age of 18 . |
56 | C1 was to be a two-year course for 16-plus school-leavers with suitable qualifications , leading to a certificate or diploma comparable in status to an OND , while C2 would normally be of two years ' duration and would be for students not so highly qualified or well-motivated as those taking C1 courses . |
57 | Eventually in 1275 the first Statute of Westminster appears to have provided that the ravishment of any woman was an offence punishable with a penalty of two years ' imprisonment and ransom and in 1285 the second Statute of Westminster turned this into a capital offence . |
58 | Defendants were frequently prepared to plead guilty under the old law with its maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
59 | One demand made during the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 was that entry fines should not exceed the value of two years ' rent , so it is likely that by this time , when a rising population was creating a shortage of land , some landlords were seeking more . |
60 | PhD candidates with a Masters qualification have to complete a minimum of two years ' full-time study |