Example sentences of "of [adv prt] [prep] [adj] year " in BNC.

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1 On April 20 the Higher Court of Justice overturned the December 1991 rulings of the Higher Military Court of Justice on members of the former Romanian Communist Party politburo ; the original sentences on manslaughter charges were cancelled and the charges , in connection with the suppression of the December 1989 uprising in Timisoara , were changed to complicity in or attempted " aggravated murder " ; sentences of up to 16 years in prison were handed down .
2 Prosecutors defended the 1992 trial , which left Tyson behind bars serving a prison term of up to six years .
3 ( iii ) Compensation will be made for 50% of the difference between the travelling times as defined in para. ( i ) above and will be applied , where appropriate , for a period of up to 4 years .
4 Conviction could lead to a fine or imprisonment of up to two years , or both .
5 At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — this means that for two years you only repay interest , reducing pressure on your cashflow .
6 At the outset , a ‘ capital repayment holiday ’ of up to two years can be arranged — for two years you only repay interest , further reducing pressure on your cashflow .
7 That Act imposed a penalty of up to two years ’ imprisonment , but this was altered by the Prevention of Corruption Act 1916 , in certain cases to a maximum of seven years ' imprisonment and a minimum of three years ' imprisonment .
8 Police courts could impose sentences of up to six months , and district courts of up to two years .
9 If you have decided to train for an entirely new specialty , such as health visiting or district nursing , you may find yourself having to reimburse course and equipment fees if you leave the job before a specified date of up to two years after your training has been completed .
10 The appointment will be for a period of up to two years and will be made on the Research Support 1A salary scale £ to £ per annum .
11 Is it my right hon. Friend 's intention to restore a custodial sentence of up to two years for that offence ?
12 They were given suspended prison sentences of up to two years on the grounds that they had caused no serious damage .
13 Wagenaar ( 1986 ) also found that memories rated as unpleasant at the time were less well recalled than pleasant ones ( for durations of up to two years ) , despite this , events with higher emotional involvement ratings ( ‘ moderate ’ to ‘ extreme ’ ) were generally recalled better than those with lower ratings ( ‘ nothing ’ or ‘ little ’ ) at all retention intervals studied , though again this was a relatively small effect , r(1603)=0.07 .
14 Kenneth Clarke , when Home Secretary , announced the establishment of secure training centres where young people aged up to fifteen years could be sentenced for a period of up to two years .
15 They also believe that this will be a lagged response , with prices following an expansion of the money supply with a time-lag of up to two years .
16 On deposits of up to one year , interest is paid on the day of withdrawal .
17 £40 per day , tax-free , as soon as you 're admitted to hospital for a period of up to one year .
18 Double Benefits of £80 per day for a period of up to one year — if you 're hospitalised because of an accident .
19 Lump sum Convalescence Benefit — £20 per day , also tax-free — for a period of up to one year , payable on discharge when a hospital stay is 21 days or more .
20 District courts had the power to inflict punishment of up to one year in prison , fifty lashes , a fine of one hundred pounds , or any two of the above .
21 The shortfall will be made up through sales of short-term paper — namely , bills — which have a maturity of up to one year , and through issuing more two- and three-year notes .
22 ACE provides temporary employment of up to one year 's duration for long-term unemployed adults on projects of community benefit .
23 Commonly , sales forecasting for a period of up to one year ahead is differentiated from sales and market forecasting for longer periods .
24 Furthermore , a professional in the financial sector who failed to exercise " due care " in obtaining the identification of customers could incur an unspecified fine or a term of up to one year in prison .
25 In January 1990 the paper 's director , editor and two other journalists had received prison sentences of up to one year on having been found guilty of spreading " false information " .
26 The Israeli authorities placed three prominent Palestinians under " administrative detention " for periods of up to one year on Nov. 13 .
27 O'Rourke appeared in court on Sept. 17 and pleaded guilty to misdemeanour charges of embezzlement and misuse of public funds which carried a possible prison sentence of up to one year ; under the terms of a plea bargain arrangement , the federal prosecutors agreed to drop the third and more serious felony charge .
28 Money market deposits ( MMDs ) are fixed-interest fixed-term deposits of up to one year with banks or discount houses .
29 Emma Nicholson , Conservative MP for Devon West and Torridge , has lobbied that it should be , and for prison sentences of up to 10 years for culprits .
30 According to the Washington Post of Jan. 16 , 1990 , more than 800 people including university students had been sentenced to prison terms of up to 10 years for " counter-revolutionary crimes " , including such acts as putting up posters .
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