Example sentences of "to three [noun] ' " 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 . |