Example sentences of "two year ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz , President of the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation ( CCDHRN ) , who was sentenced to two years ' imprisonment in 1989 for ‘ spreading false news with the aim of endangering the prestige or standing of the Cuban state ’ , is still serving his sentence in Agüica Prison : he is due for release in August 1991 . |
| 2 | Not all the Le Monde journalists support the change , which is the result of two years ' market research and several dummy editions . |
| 3 | The ruling in Strasbourg yesterday that the complaints are admissible clears the way for a future hearing before the European Court of Human Rights in up to two years ' time . |
| 4 | After he had been found guilty of homosexual offences and sentenced to two years ' imprisonment with hard labour , the press subjected Oscar Wilde to vicious attack . |
| 5 | That 's a look we 'll see emerging from the dull , old chrysalis that was Renault design in the '70s and '80s , when it takes the wraps off its first really new-age car in two years ' time . |
| 6 | In July he succeeded in settling two years ' disruption at heavy labour cost ( 26 per cent ) and in his all-too-brief career he also announced a 5.9 trillion lire investment programme to be completed in 1995 , divided between fleet expansion ( 3.4 trillion lire ) and ground upgrading . |
| 7 | One young Lhasa lay-woman , a secondary school teacher , was sentenced to two years ' jail for writing a manifesto . |
| 8 | In front of his own people ( he was born near Vicenza ) , he will wish to erase the unhappy memories of two years ' inactivity caused by serious knee injuries . |
| 9 | Le Moignan has talked about retiring in two years ' time , but that could be hastened if there were another loss to Opie , who has made a determined comeback after defeats in the world and British opens . |
| 10 | Besides , say the Liberal Club 's supporters , Civic Forum has a responsibility to carry out its programme and must continue to function until the next general election , in less than two years ' time . |
| 11 | With the opening of the company 's fourth North American assembly plant in two years ' time , Toyota will also have the capacity to produce almost 1m vehicles a year in America . |
| 12 | The data bank 's research shows that 45% of Japanese property companies have debts greater than two years ' worth of their sales and 32% have debts greater than three years of sales . |
| 13 | The arrests gave Seth a record of at least nine drink driving incidents , leading the judge to order him into Alcoholics Anonymous and on to two years ' probation . |
| 14 | Thus , to return to the arguments mobilized against the CLRC 's proposal : the chief difference in protection of the vulnerable between the present system and the CLRC 's is that the latter had a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , whereas life imprisonment is available where a defence of diminished responsibility succeeds ; and the fundamental ethical problems are now swept under the carpet by a combination of a stretched diagnosis of ‘ abnormality of mind ’ and the ample judicial sentencing discretion , whereas the CLRC 's proposal attempted to make the issues justiciable . |
| 15 | Another aggravated offence is assault with intent to resist arrest or to prevent a lawful arrest , contrary to section 38 of the 1861 Act and carrying a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
| 16 | The Mental Health Act 1983 contains a somewhat similar offence of ill-treating or wilfully neglecting a patient in a mental hospital , which has a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment . |
| 17 | This offence , with its maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment , encompasses two classes of weapon : first , an article made or adapted for use as a weapon ; and second , any article intended for such use . |
| 18 | This offence is punishable only with a fine , whereas reckless driving carries a maximum of two years ' imprisonment . |
| 19 | Other types of fraud and mistake are held to be insufficient for the offence of rape , and bring the case within the lesser offence of procuring a woman by false pretences or false representations to have unlawful sexual intercourse ( section 3 , Sexual Offences Act 1956 , carrying a maximum penalty of two years ' imprisonment ) . |
| 20 | Until 1985 the maximum penalty for indecent assault on a female was two years ' imprisonment , compared with ten years for indecent assault on a male — a legacy of the horror with which homosexuality was viewed , and of the undervaluing of female sexual and physical autonomy — but the maximum penalty for both forms of indecent assault is now ten years . |
| 21 | The anomaly is increased by the fact that , under the present law , two young men under 21 who consensually commit ‘ gross indecency ’ are both liable to conviction for the offence : the rule in Tyrrell is inapplicable here , but the maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment where the offender is under 21 , compared with five years where he is over 21 . |
| 22 | Sometimes they offer up to two years ' rent free ; in other instances a capital sum changes hands . |
| 23 | If the dog runs out of control , the fine can be unlimited and there is provision for a maximum two years ' imprisonment . |
| 24 | His surgeon has said that two years ' rest may improve the problem significantly . |
| 25 | Following the hearing , Mr Scott Vendrely , 29 , a military policeman who has served in Britain since 1987 , faces the prospect of paying the outstanding £538 bill for two years ' poll tax for his British wife Stephanie . |
| 26 | The new appointment runs until the next European championships , in two years ' time . |
| 27 | We will guarantee every child access to two years ' preschool education with a choice of preschool provision . |
| 28 | We will introduce a credit-based system , enabling students to achieve a diploma after the equivalent of two years , with the option of a further one or two years ' study leading to a degree . |
| 29 | No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth . |
| 30 | I 've just had a Christmas card from my old healthy friend ; so that 's two years ' service they 've lost for starters . |