Example sentences of "ten [noun pl] ' imprisonment " in BNC.
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| 1 | Criminal damage itself is an offence carrying up to ten years ' imprisonment , but this is a more serious offence — more of an offence against the person . |
| 2 | The maximum penalty is ten years ' imprisonment , compared with a maximum of five years for the lesser offence of violent disorder . |
| 3 | Section 23 penalizes the intentional or reckless administration of any poison or noxious thing which results in danger to the victim 's life or grievous bodily harm ( maximum sentence of ten years ' imprisonment ) . |
| 4 | The maximum penalty for child neglect is now ten years ' imprisonment , which should be sufficient to deal with cases involving considerable fault and actually or potentially serious consequences . |
| 5 | This offence , with a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , covers a wide range of conduct , from a stolen kiss on the cheek to forced fellatio ( oral sex ) . |
| 6 | Three weeks later they were sentenced to ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 7 | And finally we went to see Karl Dönitz , the admiral who throughout the war had epitomized the U-boat service and been its inspired leader , who in 1943 had relieved Admiral Raeder as Germany 's naval commander-in-chief , and finally for a very brief period before arrest and ten years ' imprisonment in Spandau had succeeded Hitler as Chancellor . |
| 8 | Prisoner of conscience Yndamiro Restano , president of an unofficial opposition group known as the Harmony Movement , was convicted of rebellion and sentenced to ten years ' imprisonment in May ( see Worldwide Appeal , pages 20–21 ) . |
| 9 | The maximum penalty for this offence when perpetrated against a woman was formerly two years ' imprisonment , rising to five where she was under 13.6 In 1985 , it was raised to ten years ' imprisonment regardless of the victim 's age . |
| 10 | In the light of the Committee 's hesitancy , it is not surprising that the Sexual Offences Act 1985 , which raised the penalty for indecent assault to ten years ' imprisonment , did not also divide the offence into two degrees . |
| 11 | Thus , the maximum penalty for indecently assaulting a man was formerly ten years ' imprisonment , whereas for a woman it was two years , rising to five where she was under 13 . |
| 12 | It might additionally be thought to be undesirable that trivial assaults have to be prosecuted with an offence carrying the heavy maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 13 | Category C , carrying a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment , would cover all other sexual assaults involving penetration . |
| 14 | The girl 's mother could face a criminal charge of wilfully neglecting the child under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , which carries a maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |