Example sentences of "sentence [prep] [adj] months ' imprisonment " in BNC.

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1 Chen Wan-chen , founder of the pro-independence Organization for Taiwan Nation-Building , was sentenced to 46 months ' imprisonment on March 16 after being found guilty of " preparing to commit sedition " under the controversial Article 100 of the Criminal Code [ see p. 38765 for Chen 's arrest in February ] .
2 For that offence , he was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment .
3 On May 20 Joseph Bendouga , leader of the opposition Democratic Movement for Renewal and Evolution in Central Africa ( MDREC ) , was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment on charges of sending an " insulting and offensive " open letter to President André Kolingba .
4 Col. Amadeo Martínez Inglés was sentenced to two months ' imprisonment on Dec. 12 , 1989 , for advocating , in a book entitled Defenceless Spain , an end to conscription and its replacement by a professional Army .
5 The leader of the Kosovo Parliamentary Party , Veton Suroi , was subsequently sentenced to two months ' imprisonment for organising the event without seeking permission , or registering it with the police .
6 Mr. Butler was sentenced to eight months ' imprisonment .
7 Vic Williams : a 28-year-old soldier in the British Army 's Royal Artillery , he has been sentenced to 14 months ' imprisonment for desertion and ‘ conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline
8 She was charged with and convicted of running a disorderly house , sentenced to 18 months ' imprisonment and subjected to a property confiscation order in respect of the apparatus .
9 and a jury , of causing grievous bodily harm , contrary to section 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 , and was sentenced to 18 months ' imprisonment , suspended for two years , and was ordered to pay £1,500 compensation .
10 On 3 April he was sentenced to 18 months ' imprisonment suspended for two years and was ordered to pay £1,500 compensation .
11 Both leaders were each sentenced to 18 months ' imprisonment and three years ' civil rights deprivation ( although an appeal court ordered Sadiq 's release immediately before the April election and he was again elected to Parliament — see p. 37388 ) .
12 George Marshal Naykene , editor of the Christian Chronicle , was sentenced to 18 months ' imprisonment with hard labour after being found guilty of criminal libel .
13 He was sentenced to 15 months ' imprisonment .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 Nine miners were sentenced to three months ' imprisonment on Jan. 26 for " obstructing the freedom to work " .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 The appellant was sentenced to 9 months ' imprisonment .
20 The bankrupt was sentenced to 12 months ' imprisonment .
21 Moses Ali was sentenced to 30 months ' imprisonment for illegal possession of weapons on Jan. 7 .
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