Example sentences of "[adj] court [prep] [num] year ' " in BNC.

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1 A leading member of the ETA command , Santiago Arróspide Sarasola " Santi-Potrosó " , was on July 4 , 1990 , sentenced by a French court to 10 years ' imprisonment for belonging to a terrorist organization and for illegal possession of arms .
2 On Dec. 14 Sergei Parfyonov , the former deputy commander in Riga of the Soviet Interior Ministry troops , the OMON , was sentenced by a Latvian court to four years ' imprisonment in a corrective labour camp for " exceeding his authority " during events in Riga in January 1991 [ see p. 37945 ] .
3 After a five-hour trial Bao was sentenced by the People 's Intermediate Court to five years ' imprisonment for " inciting " counter-revolutionary activities and to four years for " divulging state secrets " .
4 In November two former Army officers , Adolfo Padilla and Gustavo Díaz , were sentenced by a civilian court to seven years ' imprisonment each for participation in a failed coup attempt on May 9 , 1989 [ see p. 36653-54 ] .
5 Nicolae Andruta Ceausescu , the younger brother of executed former President Nicolae Ceausescu , was sentenced by a military tribunal of the Supreme Court to 15 years ' imprisonment and demoted .
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