Passing sentence, the judge said it all had the appearance of a con trick.

宣判时，法官说这个事情具有一个骗局所有的全部外在形式。

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Pollard has now been in prison far longer than anyone else who had spied for a friendly country -- the average sentence for a spy convicted of passing intelligence to an allied country is seven years.

目前波拉德已在监狱里的时间，比任何一个刺探了友好国家情报的间谍所监禁的时间都要长——一般来说，为盟国传递情报的间谍案，一经定罪，平均刑期为7年。

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There may be some offerings you previously only mentioned in a passing sentence or two that now deserve an organic landing page or perhaps several pages.

可能有一些你以前只在一两句话提到过的产品，现在应该有一个有机的登陆页面或者几页。

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He was serving a 15 year prison sentence after being convicted of passing classified information to the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.07.09

The judge, Justice Griffith Williams, told Jones he would be passing a life sentence but needed to consider setting a minimum term.

BBC: Peter Lewis murder: William Jones guilty of stabbing

Passing sentence on Monday, a judge said the fatal attack had been "deliberate and wicked".

BBC: Sean Martin

The judge reportedly told the court that the charges of contacting a foreign country, passing on messages and encouraging attack against Syria, could have carried a life sentence with hard labour.

BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Syrian reformer 'jailed 12 years'