Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] [unc] imprisonment " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | Two Lebanese-born financiers , Jean Magharian and Barkev Magharian , were each sentenced on Sept. 13 by a court in Bellinzona to four years ' imprisonment and a fine of SFr50,000 ( approximately US$39,000 ) for laundering SFr1,200 million ( US$933 million ) for drug operations in Turkey and Lebanon through Swiss banks . |
4 | The High Court on Dec. 14 sentenced opposition campaigner Chakufwa Chihana to two years ' imprisonment with hard labour for sedition . |
5 | A US court in Miami , Florida , sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Antonio Noriega to 40 years ' imprisonment on July 10 on drugs and racketeering charges . |
6 | A Spanish senator , Enrique BolĂn Peres Argemi , was sentenced on Sept. 1 , 1989 , in Gibraltar to four months ' imprisonment for cocaine possession . |
7 | A clear disparity exists between the guideline in England and Wales of 20-plus years ' imprisonment and the practice in Northern Ireland of about 13 years ' imprisonment before murderers of soldiers and policemen are released . |
8 | Another ETA member , Juan Carlos Arruti Azpitarte " Paterra " , was in July 1990 sentenced in Madrid to 26 years ' imprisonment for terrorist offences including murder committed in 1979 . |
9 | Five members of the ( then banned ) South African African National Congress ( ANC ) were sentenced in July 1989 in Gaborone to five years ' imprisonment in July 1989 for possessing AK-47 rifles and ammunition . |