Example sentences of "and [num] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Palestinian , Hafez Kassem Dalkamoni , and a Jordanian , Abdel Fatar Ghadanfar , were sentenced on June 3 by a Frankfurt court to 15 and 12 years ' imprisonment for attempted murder and possession of explosives similar to those involved in the Lockerbie air disaster in December 1988 . |
| 2 | Although the Department of Trade and Industry estimates that between 250,000 and 300,000 companies ' turnover falls below the VAT registration threshold , the exemption limit is considerably lower than that proposed by , among others , the accountancy profession in the last consultation period . |
| 3 | After 60 moves and six hours ' play , Short has rook , bishop and two pawns against Karpov 's bishop , knight and two pawns . |
| 4 | When he fell ill in 1857 he was granted £30 to enable him to get away for the winter , and six months ' leave of absence shortly afterwards . |
| 5 | Erm well I 'm in the scheme , the company pension scheme and I think they give er I think it 's six months ' full pay and six months ' half pay . |
| 6 | There are three categories of readiness : one month 's recovery , three months ' recovery and six months ' recovery . |
| 7 | He recalled that the original American commitment was to supply the ROK army with an initial issue of equipment and six months ' supply of spare parts for a total strength of 50,000 . |
| 8 | It was reported on Jan. 3 , 1991 , that two ETA members , José Antonio López Rúiz " Kubati " , and José Miguel Latasa Guetaria " Fermín " , had been sentenced to 47 and 26 years ' imprisonment respectively for the murder in September 1986 of the amnestied ETA member María Dolores González Catarain " Yoyes " [ see p. 34825 ; for earlier conviction of Fermin see p. 37588 ] . |
| 9 | Based on current values , up to 1,000,000 forints ' worth of land and 200,000 forints ' worth of other property ( houses , hotels , factories , etc. ) would be compensated in full , with compensation above those limits being awarded against real values on a sliding scale ; the upper limit for awards per claimant was set at 5,000,000 forints ( US$1.00=76.6553 forints as at April 29 , 1991 ) . |
| 10 | Suppose that the current par yields on bonds that will mature in one , two and three years ' time are given respectively by 10,10.25 and 10.75 per cent . |
| 11 | Early redemption penalties for the shorter term fixed rates are one moth 's interest in the final year , two month 's interest in the penultimate years and three months ' interest prior to this . |
| 12 | Clapp et al have shown that cord blood between 25 and 31 weeks ' gestation is particularly rich in haemopoietic stem cells . |
| 13 | If a vacancy on the committee exists , then : ( i ) it need not be filled if the trustee and a majority of the remaining members so agree : ( ii ) the trustee may appoint some other creditor to be a member if the majority of the remaining members so agree ; or ( iii ) a meeting of creditors should be convened so that another creditor can be appointed and fourteen days ' notice of such meetings must be given ( r 6.160 ) . |
| 14 | At the front was the Sergeant-Major , who was an easy-going Italian with spectacles and fourteen years ' Legion service . |
| 15 | And finally we went to see Karl Dönitz , the admiral who throughout the war had epitomized the U-boat service and been its inspired leader , who in 1943 had relieved Admiral Raeder as Germany 's naval commander-in-chief , and finally for a very brief period before arrest and ten years ' imprisonment in Spandau had succeeded Hitler as Chancellor . |
| 16 | Jessica Wright was fourth in the junior girls ' 200m backstroke and Catherine Denard and Beth Grant were both sixth in the 1977 girls ' backstroke and 1978 girls ' butterfly respectively . |
| 17 | Erm the the third prize was erm seven hundred and fifty eight pounds sales from South Suffolk , they got a hundred pounds , and seven other er constituencies who sold between six hundred and ninety three pounds seventy five and five hundred and one pounds ' worth of tickets |
| 18 | That 's right , yes and t to , to line the walls , and paint the exterior , they 've got virtually , well they got nine hundred and fifteen pounds ' worth of work they need to do to the hut . |
| 19 | He does not believe himself to be guilty of murder , and yet he now faces between and fifteen years ' imprisonment . |
| 20 | They provide a thorough preparation for postgraduate study programmes and are of 3 , 6 , 9 and 13 weeks ' duration . |
| 21 | Similarly , the entry cost for new mini-computers used to be $25 million and five years ' work , but has now fallen to below $5 million and one year . |
| 22 | However , even without the Mowatt extension , one might ask whether the distinction between intention ( section 18 ) and recklessness ( section 20 ) is so wide in crimes of violence , often impulsive reactions to events , as to warrant the difference in maximum penalties between life imprisonment and five years ' imprisonment . |
| 23 | In order to support this position , one has to accept : ( i ) that the intention — recklessness distinction is the most significant dividing line for serious injuries , more relevant than factors such as premeditation or provocation ; ( ii ) that this is a workable distinction for the courts , especially in impulsive crimes , where the definition of intention may be fulfilled by a momentary realization of what is happening ; ( iii ) that it is so significant that a difference in maximum penalties between life imprisonment and five years ' imprisonment is appropriate ; and ( iv ) that there is not a strong case for phrasing the offences in terms of endangerment rather than of causing physical harm . |
| 24 | Two other men , W. Franklyn Chinn , Meese 's former investment adviser , and Rusty Kent London , a financial consultant , who had also been convicted , were sentenced to three and five years ' imprisonment and fined $100,000 and $250,000 respectively [ for earlier developments in Wedtech case see pp. 35502-03 ; 36679 ] . |
| 25 | On Feb. 25 , two alleged GKN members , Imran Hasan and Hasbi Abdullah were sentenced to seven and five years ' imprisonment respectively on national security grounds . |
| 26 | Under the new law electors found guilty of malpractice faced fines of up to 5,000 naira ( US$1=18.45 naira as at Sept. 7 , 1992 ) and two years ' imprisonment , while anyone who was banned from participating in the political process but who was found guilty of supporting or sponsoring a candidate was liable to a 10,000 naira fine and five years ' imprisonment . |
| 27 | Martin Siegel , a former takeover specialist at Kidder Peabody and Co. , was sentenced to two months in prison and five years ' probation on June 15 . |
| 28 | As usual , the Minister makes a lot of statements but gives no real facts , It would be useful if he followed the Prime Minister 's example and supported the concept of targets for the number of women that he expects to see in grades 1 to 5 of the civil service in one , two and five years ' time . |
| 29 | In January 1987 he was sentenced to five years and nine months ' imprisonment at Belfast Crown Court for possessing firearms in suspicious circumstances and for possessing petrol bombs . |
| 30 | Sentence : two years and nine months ' imprisonment and recommended for deportation . |