Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] for four year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The President is elected for four years , but members of the House of Representatives have to face election every two years , while a senator is elected for six years . |
| 2 | David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit . |
| 3 | The Amir , an absolute monarch , appoints the Cabinet and the 30-member Advisory Council ; the latter 's term was extended for four years in April 1990 . |
| 4 | A FORMER head of a council children 's home was jailed for four years yesterday for indecency against young boys in his care which he committed almost 15 years ago . |
| 5 | FATHER JAILED FOR BREAKING BABY 'S BONES A father who broke his baby son 's bones in six places was jailed for four years today . |
| 6 | A STORNOWAY man was jailed for four years at the High Court in Inverness after being convicted of hijacking a lorry with a £30,000 load of spirits , tobacco and groceries . |
| 7 | In one case , a 36-year-old man was imprisoned for four years for the manslaughter of a 37-year-old craft teacher after he had discovered that his daughter was spending the night at the teacher 's home , while an allegedly brutal husband was shot dead by the wife 's father after she ‘ fell into a nightmare of crime , violence and bizarre sex ’ . |
| 8 | Luo Haixing , a businessman , and Li Peicheng received five-year prison terms , while Li Longqing was jailed for four years . |
| 9 | In 1979 Vaclav Havel was jailed for four years on charges of ‘ attempted subversion of the republic ’ . |
| 10 | A City businessman who swindled investors out of millions of pounds to finance his search for a perfect gambling system was jailed for four years . |