Example sentences of "[adj] years imprisonment [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detention in young offender institution — offender aged sixteen pleading guilty to offence punishable with fourteen years imprisonment or more — whether wrong in principle to impose sentence of twelve months ' detention in a young offender institution |
| 2 | In 1828 , after a period when cattle stealing had been rarely and lightly punished , the Supreme Court in session at Matara convicted a number of men , including some headmen , and sentenced each to five years imprisonment and two hundred lashes . |
| 3 | The criminal penalties , however , are draconian : up to twenty years imprisonment and up to $25,000 fine for each count ; provision is also made for pre-trial freezing of assets and post-trial forfeiture of any interest the defendant has gained as a result of his violation . |
| 4 | However , when a huge ecstacy laboratory was raided in 1977 the drug was banned and listed as ‘ Class A ’ — which means that the maximum penalty for possession is seven years imprisonment and an unlimited fine . |
| 5 | On indictment however , the maximum penalty is seven years imprisonment and an unlimited fine . |