Example sentences of "[be] [verb] for 12 [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sentence had been deferred for 12 months for good behaviour . |
| 2 | Also among those released was Aleke Banda , a former secretary-general of the ruling Malawi Congress Party ( MCP ) who had been detained for 12 years without charge ; he was at one time considered to be the heir-apparent of the ageing President Hastings Banda . |
| 3 | Ballot papers and counterfoils are stored for 12 months after every election in a secure government storeroom before being destroyed . |
| 4 | In ‘ Partnership ’ , again local authority-owned land was made available for private development , but the new dwellings were reserved for 12 weeks at a stipulated price for purchasers falling into a restricted set of categories of which the most important were first-time buyers on the housing waiting list and households from slum-cleared areas . |
| 5 | It was announced on June 8 that the parliamentary term due to end on June 9 was being extended for 12 months in view of the " war situation " . |
| 6 | Daily Telegraph We 've moved beyond grazing into gulping Al Rosenfeld , publisher of Frozen Food Age A Czech store manager has been jailed for 12 years for stealing-and eating-nearly £60,000 worth of food . |
| 7 | The application of Mr. and Mrs. Collins was delayed for 12 months on this score without the Housing Executive giving any idea of the reason for the delay . |