Example sentences of "who [be] sentenced [prep] [adj] years " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | Mrs Mandela , who was sentenced to six years imprisonment for complicity to kidnap and assault , is free on bail pending an appeal . |
3 | However , the court upheld the conviction against Mario Biaggi , a former member of the House who was sentenced to eight years ' imprisonment on charges arising from the Wedtech affair . |
4 | Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz , President of the Cuban Commission of Human Rights and National Reconciliation ( CCDHRN ) , who was sentenced to two years ' imprisonment in 1989 for ‘ spreading false news with the aim of endangering the prestige or standing of the Cuban state ’ , is still serving his sentence in Agüica Prison : he is due for release in August 1991 . |
5 | The eight included the former governor of Shaba province , Koyagialo Ngbase te Geremgbo , who was sentenced to 15 years penal servitude . |
6 | McKee , who was sentenced to 20 years for firearms offences , was recaptured in the Republic three months after escaping . |