Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] 10 years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK government lodged a strong protest on Sept. 2 after a UK national , Martin Wainwright , was sentenced on Aug. 31 to 10 years ' imprisonment on charges of illegally entering Iraq from Turkey . |
| 2 | In what had become known as " the couscous connection " , the President 's brother , Moncef Ben Ali , was sentenced in absentia by a French court on Nov. 17 to 10 years ' imprisonment for laundering drugs money after being caught at Orly airport in Paris with a suitcase full of banknotes . |
| 3 | Clause 2 recommends that the maximum penalty for assisting a prisoner to escape should be increased from five to 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 4 | Yusef Salaam , 16 , Raymond Santana , 15 , and Antron McCray , 16 , the three youths convicted in August of participating in the rape and assault of a jogger in Central Park , New York City , were given maximum sentences of five to 10 years ' imprisonment on Sept. 11 . |
| 5 | Anyone publishing confidential information relating to " national defence issues " would be liable to five to 10 years ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | Huang Hwa , leader of the " New County Alliance " faction of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party , was sentenced on Dec. 8 to 10 years ' imprisonment after being found guilty of " preparing to commit sedition " . |
| 7 | But the family sizes of women married in 1945 and in 1954 after 10 years ' marriage were 1.79 and 1.96 children respectively — a difference of only 10 per cent . |
| 8 | It is only the baseline from which a repeat exercise can be carried out , in seven to 10 years ' time . |