Example sentences of "to three [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Aim for a margin of safety by allowing for a further two to three minutes ' ‘ sudden death ’ extension after that .
2 The set up fee is 1 p.c. and there is an early redemption charge equivalent to three months ' interest .
3 Provisions for parental leave range from 18 months ' low flat rate pay in Germany , or six months ' leave at 30 per cent of earnings in Italy , to three months ' unpaid leave in Greece .
4 ANIMAL rights workers cheered yesterday as the man branded Britain 's cruel lest farmer was sentenced to three months ' jail .
5 Many mortgages have costly redemption fees — which usually cost you the equivalent of one to three months ' mortgage payments .
6 Maha Banat was accused of adultery with Ahmed Hussein al-Zahrani , a Saudi citizen , whom she claims she does not know , and who was sentenced by the same court to three months ' imprisonment and 100 lashes .
7 He was sentenced to three months ' imprisonment on each count to run concurrently , suspended for two years , and ordered to pay compensation in the total sum of £211.25 .
8 On each of the six counts on which he was convicted he was sentenced to three months ' imprisonment on each count concurrent , suspended for two years .
9 By an order dated 12 May 1992 the judge found the husband guilty of contempt of court in respect of two offences , and sentenced him to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first offence and to three months ' imprisonment for the second , the sentences to run consecutively and be suspended for 18 months .
10 He was sentenced to four weeks ' imprisonment for the first contempt and to three months ' imprisonment for the second contempt , the two sentences to run consecutively .
11 The provision as to three months ' notice has to be read with the limitation that there can only be dismissal for good cause .
12 Nine miners were sentenced to three months ' imprisonment on Jan. 26 for " obstructing the freedom to work " .
13 Two journalists on the opposition weekly Liberté , Jacques Kacou , the editor , and Georges Koffi , author of an article attacking President Félix Houphouët-Boigny , were detained on June 5 and sentenced to three months ' imprisonment on July 23 after being found guilty of insulting the head of state .
14 Fierce protest in the town of Batna , 300 km south-east of Algiers , was triggered on Feb. 4 when a local imam was sentenced to three months ' imprisonment for public order offences .
15 At the end of the year , the surplus added to the general reserve was £325,000 , meaning that our liquid reserves total just over £2m — equivalent to three months ' operating costs .
16 This is in accordance with the Council 's long standing policy to maintain reserves broadly equivalent to three months ' core activity expenditure .
17 This is in accordance with the Council 's long standing policy to maintain reserves broadly equivalent to three months ' core activity expenditure .
18 But this year satellite monitoring indicates a possible increase in the incidence of burnings , after a rainy season shorter than usual gave way to three months ' drought .
19 Oh what happened to three months ' bloody growing room then , I , I , take the back , got the receipt ?
20 In January 1991 Hong Song-dam was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment for producing material benefiting North Korea .
21 He was found guilty and sentenced to three years ' imprisonment .
22 The real boost for cellular radio will come in two to three years ' time with the introduction of the Europe-wide service , GSM .
23 Training is based on up to six years ' relevant job experience and includes on average two to three years ' study .
24 The nuns were charged with ‘ splittist activity ’ and condemned to three years ' labour for being ‘ extremely arrogant ’ .
25 Early in 1971 Waddell was found guilty of committing perjury at Meehan 's trial and in sentencing him to three years ' imprisonment Lord Cameron suggested that had he told the truth there , the Meehan jury might well have arrived at a different verdict .
26 Of the others arrested on 9 October , some were later released , one is awaiting trail and others have been tried and sentenced to up to three years ' imprisonment for , among other things , ‘ illegal association ’ .
27 Not only does BSL learning apparently take much longer ( ‘ beginners ’ were people with up to three years ' experience ) but only the beginner group showed the normal pattern of understanding being better than production .
28 It was clear from the sentences imposed on the other defendants , one of whom was sentenced to three years ' imprisonment , that the sentencer considered that a longer sentence would have been appropriate if the appellant had been over 21 .
29 On 17 October , both appellants pleaded guilty to the counts charging handling stolen goods and they were sentenced , Christou to two years ' imprisonment and Wright to three years ' imprisonment on each count concurrent .
30 It recommended ( for both ) increases in salary , and the extension of training courses to three years ' full-time study .
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