Example sentences of "of three year ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | As that course had not been taken , the sentence of three years ' detention took effect , by reason of Criminal Justice Act 1982 , 5.1B(S) as a sentence of 12 months ' detention , and the excess of the sentence over 12 months ' was remitted . |
2 | Although the sentencer had exceeded his powers by passing a sentence of three years ' detention in a young offender institution , the error was automatically corrected by this provision and a lawful sentence resulted . |
3 | It followed that the Court of Appeal could not substitute a term of three years ' detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) , despite the fact that that sentence would have been available to the sentencer in the Crown Court , as there was an effective sentence in place . |
4 | In 1854 – 5 the state had spent the equivalent of three years ' income on the war and had accelerated inflation by covering the deficit with paper money . |
5 | Basically , however , secure tenants of three years ' standing can buy their houses at discounts ranging from 33 per cent of market price to a maximum of 50 per cent . |
6 | The mother has since been married again and divorced and now has a co-habitee of three years ' standing . |
7 | Generous discounts were available : 33 per cent off the market value for tenants of three years ' standing , rising by 1 per cent a year up to a maximum of 50 per cent after a total of twenty years as a tenant . |
8 | All of them had served in Lebanon and Chad , and each of them had a minimum of three years ' service , which meant that when they had done their basic training the violence they were employing with us had been the norm . |
9 | Beneath violent disorder comes the crime of affray ( section 3 ) , now defined in terms of threatening or using unlawful violence towards another , and carrying a maximum of three years ' imprisonment . |
10 | The basic offence in section 1 is that of possessing a firearm without a certificate , an offence which ( despite elements of strict liability ) carries a maximum of three years ' imprisonment . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | The judge imposed concurrent periods of three years ' imprisonment on Wright and two years on Christou on each of the charges to which they pleaded guilty . |
13 | First degree courses are usually of three years ' duration but are , in many instances , extended to include periods of professional training ( in industry , commerce or the public service ) or time spent abroad . |
14 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
15 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
16 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
17 | The course is of three years ' duration , including an industrial placement year . |
18 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
19 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
20 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
21 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
22 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
23 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
24 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
25 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if the American Studies strand is taken after the first year ) . |
26 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
27 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if Asian Studies is taken as a joint or minor subject with French ) . |
28 | The course is of three years ' duration ( or four years if English is taken as a joint or minor subject with French ) . |
29 | The course is of three years ' duration . |
30 | The course is of three years ' duration if French is taken as a minor subject and of four years ' duration if taken as a major or joint subject . |