Example sentences of "[adj] years [unc] hard [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximum penalty for mutiny in the Philippines is a life sentence , but in five previous coup attempts the most severe punishment for leaders was 12 years ' hard labour . |
| 2 | Doctors who performed illegal abortions would be subject to up to 10 years ' hard labour and fines not exceeding $100,000 . |
| 3 | On Dec. 1 former Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa had his sentence reduced from 20 years ' to 10 years ' hard labour . |
| 4 | The vicar added that unless the new church was allowed three years ' hard work would have been wasted . |
| 5 | The court of military justice on May 5 confirmed the sentence of three years ' hard labour first passed in absentia in July 1983 against Gen. Saadeddine al-Shazli , the army chief of staff during the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 . |
| 6 | Suddenly to be offered , fruit of ten years ' hard work , this plum … . |
| 7 | He was arrested shortly after his arrival and was detained without trial until September when he was sentenced to ten years ' hard labour for alleged espionage . |
| 8 | Wei Jingsheng was arrested on 29 March and later sentenced to fifteen years ' hard labour . |
| 9 | As usual , de Gaulle 's language was loaded : " dispersion " really meant pluralism ; " facilité " meant the French people 's understandable impatience to begin enjoying the rewards of twenty years ' hard work . |
| 10 | — Ten acres of open land in the middle of Aycliffe Industrial Estate , Newton Aycliffe , have been turned into a wildlife site after two years ' hard work . |
| 11 | In 1886 he met Oscar Wilde [ q.v. ] ; their friendship developed slowly , but in 1895 , when Wilde was sentenced to two years ' hard labour for homosexual crimes , Ross was his most constant and loyal friend . |
| 12 | After four years ' hard labour , Xerox Corp is understood to have given up on its Ventura Software Inc desktop publishing software business and put the San Diego company on the block . |
| 13 | After almost four years ' hard study in addition to her job , Sarah Blackburn of group internal audit was congratulated on May 26 by David Quarmby , joint managing director , on attaining an MBA . |
| 14 | The clash is the climax of 19 years ' hard sweat for Davey , whose battle to turn his puny frame into a superstar hulk has won him a millionaire lifestyle in Tampa , Florida . |
| 15 | On Sept. 9 former Emperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa had his sentence reduced from life to 20 years ' hard labour . |