Example sentences of "[noun] be [vb pp] for [num] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | All courts are guaranteed for 3 years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was proposed that the president be elected for two years without the right to re-election . |
| 4 | Knife killer is jailed for ten years |
| 5 | An example of the first type is found in Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 where the defendant was bound for seven years after employment not to work in the UK or Ireland in the sale or manufacture of pulley blocks , hand overhead runways , electric overhead runways or hand overhead travelling cranes . |
| 6 | A MAN who forced a teenage couple to strip naked and then sexually assaulted them in a bank doorway was jailed for seven years yesterday , writes John Robertson . |
| 7 | AN alcoholic who admitted killing his five months pregnant girlfriend was jailed for five years today . |
| 8 | A man who planned to flood Britain with cocaine was jailed for 15 years yesterday and his assets of £1.5 million were confiscated . |
| 9 | Mrs Mandela was jailed for six years on kidnapping and assault charges but released on bail pending a yet-to-be-heard appeal . |
| 10 | A YOUNG handbag snatcher was jailed for five years yesterday as a judge signalled the fight back against street crime . |
| 11 | David was jailed for four years after robbing a petrol station to pay for his drug habit . |
| 12 | A RAPIST who was captured after he left bare footprints at the scene of the crime was jailed for 14 years at Bristol Crown Court yesterday . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Courtney was jailed for seven years on November 30 following his conviction for two rapes and two indecent assaults . |
| 15 | Some CDs are issued for one year and even for two years but the market for these is comparatively thin . |
| 16 | And in the unlikely event that the level of the FT-SE 100 Index should actually fall during that period , we guarantee to return the original amount of your investment provided the Bond is held for 5 years . |
| 17 | A CONVICTED sex attacker who kidnapped a six-year-old girl from a playground was jailed for two years yesterday after a top judge said the law forced him to disregard the man 's long criminal record . |
| 18 | A WINDOW cleaner was jailed for seven years yesterday for raping one of his customers . |
| 19 | On Monday , at Teesside Crown Court , Sigsworth was jailed for three years after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm with intent , wounding , assault causing actual bodily harm and two offences of burglary . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A MEMBER of the Irish Republican Army who was caught with bomb-making equipment in his home was jailed for 20 years at Belfast Crown Court yesterday . |
| 22 | A TEENAGE IRA girl was jailed for 10 years yesterday for plotting to kill troops — while her accomplice was given life for helping in the murder of a businessman . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The mortgage is fixed for three years at 10.3pc ( APR 10.9pc ) and is designed to appeal to home buyers seeking an affordable mortgage with inbuild stability of payments . |
| 25 | Today he announced his decision … that men can be admitted … but ordered that the move be postponed for two years . |
| 26 | Combining all the advantages of a fully-automatic pressure cooker with those of a universal frypan , the high quality stainless steel Duromatic is guaranteed for ten years . |
| 27 | Michael Lowther was jailed for six years and a further year for being in breach of a probation order . |
| 28 | A MEMBER of a West Indian ‘ Yardie ’ gang who tortured and sexually assaulted a businesswoman for two days was jailed for 10 years yesterday . |
| 29 | AFORMER council youth leader known as the general was jailed for 10 years yesterday after organising three acid house parties at which hard drugs were openly available . |
| 30 | DRUGS baron Rene Black was jailed for 15 years yesterday for organising a £15.5 million conspiracy to flood Britain with drugs from Europe 's first cocaine factory . |