Example sentences of "[vb pp] to a term " in BNC.
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| 1 | One year ago he was sentenced to a term of fifteen years imprisonment . |
| 2 | A week later the labour master was convicted ; he was fined ten shillings and costs , although the solicitor who was defending him asked for him to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment ( in which case , an appeal could have been lodged ) . |
| 3 | ( i ) A person convicted of an offence and sentenced to a term of imprisonment for more than one year — Representation of the People Act 1981 . |
| 4 | On being returned to Vietnam , Phan Boi Chau was sentenced to a term of hard labour , later commuted to house arrest ( he remained in Hue till his death in 1940 ) . |
| 5 | The appellant had been sentenced to a term of detention which took effect as a sentence of 12 months ' detention in a young offender institution , and the Court 's powers were limited to declaring that that was the effect of the sentence passed by the Crown Court . |
| 6 | It was argued that he should have been sentenced to a term of detention in a young offender institution , and that he did not qualify for a custodial sentence for that purpose under Criminal Justice Act 1982 , s.1(4) and 1(4A) . |
| 7 | Facts : The appellant had been sentenced to a term of 15 months ' imprisonment , suspended , at the Crown Court . |
| 8 | In each case the appellant has been found guilty of contempt of court and has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment . |
| 9 | ‘ Normally there could be no question that this was an ordinary weekly tenancy , duly determinable by a week 's notice , but the parties in the rent-book agreed to a term which appears there expressed by the words ‘ furnished for duration , ’ which must mean the duration of the war . |
| 10 | Because private accommodation is usually paid a month at a time , as compared to a term in advance in halls of residence , it 's often tempting to lull oneself into a false sense of secure finances , spending money that should have been put aside for the rent . |
| 11 | Or is a study of democracy bound to be a study of the diverse meanings given to a term which simply acts as a linguistic umbrella for them all ? |
| 12 | Principles of consistency could be developed under which an authority should not change the interpretation accorded to a term , even if the second interpretation is reasonable , without due notice . |