Sentence examples for brought imprisonment from inspiring English sources

That act brought imprisonment or banishment to 14 ministers, and in 1606 Melville was summoned to London with seven other ministers by James, then James I of England, to help resolve the crisis.

It bears noting that none of these women had done things that would have brought imprisonment in democratic countries, and most had not even committed the offenses (e.g., "slandering the Soviet Union") with which they were charged.

In Saudi culture and society, religious dissent brings imprisonment — or worse.

His printed attacks on William Pitt in the 1780s finally brought his imprisonment for 14 months (1792 93), and he was forced to live the rest of his life on bail.

And his hostility to the structures of the state was manifested at 18 in his refusal to do the obligatory two years of peacetime military service -- a refusal that could easily have brought him imprisonment but resulted in a heavy fine.

The guard, Randy Denjen, 38, faces charges that could bring life imprisonment, if he is convicted.

Each week brings the imprisonment or trial of another group of writers, journalists and editors, and the conservative courts have closed 24 reformist publications since late April.

Mr. Ashcroft said prosecutors had not given up on a possible treason charge, but were settling at the moment for accusations that might be serious enough to bring life imprisonment.

His opposition to Korea's closed-door policy brought about his imprisonment and execution.

An impatient man who acted with dispatch and reluctantly concerned himself with administrative details, he made numerous enemies, who brought about his imprisonment in 1563.

Ms Mosby brought the false imprisonment charges earlier claiming that Gray's arrest was unjustified and illegal.