Example sentences of "[verb] to [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sessions last 45 minutes , and four instructors cater for a maximum of 24 children in the following groups ; walking to two years , 2–3 years , 3–4 years , 4–5 years . |
| 2 | Given the sheer volume of works created by people calling themselves artists in the United States during any two-year period , it is unrealistic to think that a museum exhibition devoted to two years of art can give a visitor a sense of the breadth of what is being produced . |
| 3 | The tax rebate relating to prior years ' tax paid was recognised in last year 's accounts as an extraordinary tax credit , but has been included in taxation on profit on ordinary activities in these accounts in accordance with FRS3 . |
| 4 | However , the qualifying period has now been shortened to two years . |
| 5 | The end of his second term of chairmanship — shortened to two years at his request — comes as Glasgow faces the prospect of most of the city 's major hospitals being devolved to trust status . |
| 6 | The worst prospects , for both men and women are in Ireland , where the average man lives to 76.6 years of age and women 80.6 . |
| 7 | And these days you ca n't just take the speedometer out and fiddle the numbers back like you used to ten years ago . |
| 8 | Maximum lifespans may be much greater , some narwhal and spotted dolphin living to 40–50 years , and the Baird 's beaked whale possibly to the ripe old age of 70 years . |
| 9 | Laming , who was convicted during his trial of conspiring with Black to supply cocaine , was also sentenced to nine years to run concurrently for possessing 501 grams of cocaine . |
| 10 | A GLASGOW man was sentenced to nine years in prison for a knife attack . |
| 11 | A MAN was jailed for 12 years yesterday and two others each sentenced to nine years after being convicted of what a judge described as a cowardly and vicious attack on a helpless victim . |
| 12 | In 1990 a police officer accused of distributing copies of a patriotic song to high-school students was sentenced to 13 years ' imprisonment by a military court . |
| 13 | Zhang Jingsheng was sentenced to 13 years ' imprisonment in December 1989 for ‘ counter-revolutionary ’ crimes during the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations . |
| 14 | The hearings , closed to foreign observers , began on Feb. 5 , and on Feb. 12 two of the accused were sentenced to 13 years in prison , but those showing " repentance " were less severely treated . |
| 15 | Those sentenced to 13 years were Chen Zeming , a 37-year-old economist who had gone on hunger strike on Feb. 7 demanding more time for the preparation of his defence , and Wang Juntao , the 32-year-old editor of the banned journal Economic Studies Weekly ( of which Chen had been the publisher ) . |
| 16 | Rami Dotan was sentenced to 13 years in prison on March 27 for using his position as the Israeli Air Force 's chief procurement officer to embezzle at least US$6,000,000 . |
| 17 | In April 1988 Abbas Ali Hamadei had been sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in Germany for complicity in the kidnapping of two German citizens in Beirut in 1987 [ see p. 36046 ] . |
| 18 | On Aug. 26 Inge Viett , 48 , a Red Army Faction ( RAF ) member , was sentenced to 13 years ' imprisonment for the attempted murder in Paris on Aug. 4 , 1981 , of a French policeman , whom she shot in the neck during a police chase . |
| 19 | Wei Jingsheng was arrested on 29 March and later sentenced to fifteen years ' hard labour . |
| 20 | The hapless producers of the programme were given 50 lashes and sentenced to 4-5 years in prison . |
| 21 | In December 1983 he was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment for ‘ opposing the revolution ’ . |
| 22 | SEOUL ( AP ) — The Rev Moon Ik Hwan , 71 , who made an unauthorised trip to North Korea in March to discuss reunification , was sentenced to 10 years in prison for aiding an enemy power . |
| 23 | Mr Baig , a Lahore business man , was the subject of a BBC documentary four years ago about a Japanese heroin smuggler who was caught in Amsterdam and sentenced to 10 years ' jail . |
| 24 | On January 19 , 1989 he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on charges of ‘ counter-revolutionary propaganda and agitations ’ . |
| 25 | He was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment which he is currently serving in Guanajay Prison . |
| 26 | He was tried there under cross-border legislation and was sentenced to 10 years for the break-out . |
| 27 | A 21-year old university student , Lim Su Kyong , was sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment on Feb. 5 for making an unauthorized trip to North Korea to promote Korean reunification by attending the 13th World Youth and Student Festival held in Pyongyang in July 1989 [ see p. 36816 ] . |
| 28 | The agents , who were sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment for sinking the Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior and killing one of its crew in Auckland harbour in 1985 , were released into French custody in return for $7,000,000 in compensation and a guarantee that they would be confined at the French military base on Hao atoll for three years . |
| 29 | He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sedition , including remarks made abroad after leaving Taiwan . |
| 30 | He was arrested in November 1984 and sentenced to 10 years ' imprisonment in early 1986 on charges of subversion in connection with the Tanjung Priok riots of 1984 [ see pp. 33287 ; 34233 ] . |