Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] 20 years [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arne Treholt , 49 , who had been sentenced in mid-1985 to 20 years ' imprisonment for espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Iraq [ see p. 34113 ] , was pardoned on July 3 on health grounds ; his second wife had died earlier in the year and he was reportedly suffering from depression . |
| 2 | Five people were sentenced to death , six to life imprisonment , 44 to 20 years ' imprisonment and four to 15 years ' imprisonment ; five of the defendants were acquitted . |
| 3 | Assistant teacher Habib Ben Malek was sentenced in the same trial in 1977 to 20 years ' imprisonment . |
| 4 | José Abrantes Fernández , Interior Minister until June 1989 , who was sentenced in July 1989 to 20 years ' imprisonment for negligence and misuse of government funds in connection with drug trafficking [ see pp. 36731 ; 37069 ] died of a heart attack on Jan. 21 , 1991 . |
| 5 | Justice Day sentenced them both to 20 years ' penal servitude . |