Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [num] [noun pl] ' imprisonment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the maximum penalty for the section 47 offence is five years ' imprisonment , with no apparent justification for the strange approach of making the penalty equivalent to the higher offence on the ‘ ladder ’ ( the section 20 offence ) , and the fault requirement equivalent to the lower offence on the ‘ ladder ’ ( common assault , with a maximum of six months ' imprisonment ) . |
| 2 | In Scotland , the penalty for a summary offence is three months ' imprisonment or a fine , but not both . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The maximum penalty is two years ' imprisonment or an unlimited fine . |
| 5 | The maximum penalty is ten years ' imprisonment , compared with a maximum of five years for the lesser offence of violent disorder . |
| 6 | 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 . |