I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a jail sentence
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He’s serving a 7-year jail sentence.
a prison sentence/term (= a period of time in prison as a punishment )
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He is serving a four-year prison sentence.
a sentence of death (= the official punishment of death for a crime )
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There were strong protests against the sentence of death.
carries...the death sentence (= is punished by )
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Premeditated murder carries the death sentence .
custodial sentence
death sentence
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He received a death sentence .
give sb a fine/a sentence
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If you don’t pay on time, you could be given a fine of up to $1,000.
life sentence
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Miller is serving a life sentence for murder.
mandatory...sentence
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Murder carries a mandatory life sentence .
maximum sentence/penalty/fine etc
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She faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.
passed...death sentence on
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In 1987, the government passed a death sentence on the river by granting permission for the new dam.
pronounce sentence (= tell a court of law what punishment a criminal will have )
received...death sentence
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He received a death sentence .
run-on sentence
sentence adverb
sentence/condemn sb to death (= decide someone must die as an official punishment )
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Two men were sentenced to death for the killings.
served out...sentence (= in prison )
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Dillon’s almost served out his sentence .
served...sentence
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He served an 18-month sentence for theft.
serving...life sentence
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Miller is serving a life sentence for murder.
stiff sentence/penalty/fine
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calls for stiffer penalties for rapists
suspended sentence
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a two-year suspended sentence
the death sentence (= the legal punishment of death )
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Because of his young age, the judge decided not to impose the death sentence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complex
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This processing, which is relatively complicated in the case of the complex inference sentences , can also produce role- and name-mapping.
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While he used more complex sentences consistently, some of them seemed to come out of left field.
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We will be employing an eye-tracking technique to study reading of complex sentences .
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Credit will be given for the appropriate use of complex sentences , punctuation and vocabulary, and for grammatical accuracy.
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So you should entertain the possibility of communicating more complex thoughts by building more complex sentences .
custodial
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They certainly receive more custodial sentences than would normally be predicted from their presence in the population.
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Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence .
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However, Blacks had significantly higher proportions committed for trial in the Crown Court, where custodial sentences are more likely.
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This resulted in Blacks overall receiving proportionately more custodial sentences .
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For example, they can not impose a custodial sentence that is longer than six months in respect of a single offence.
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However, it was clear that the appellant did qualify for a custodial sentence under Criminal Justice Act 1982.
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My point is that, in general, the courts are under an injunction not to give custodial sentences to offenders under 21.
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Thus, if convicted, women are far less likely to be given a custodial sentence .
long
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Juries are becoming more likely to return guilty verdicts in tough-to-prove cases - and judges more likely to slap on longer sentences .
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Others move slowly, developing ideas in a few long sentences then elaborating with bullets.
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But you do come to a limit with long sentences .
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A great way to set up an interesting, even dynamic, rhythm, is by juxtaposing short and long sentences .
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Best of all, he was talking long sentences without a hint of breathlessness.
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Before long , the sentence makes no sense, but the sound of the nonsense is rich.
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The fife sentence prisoners are not the only ones serving long sentences.
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Their victim says she's delighted that they've received long sentences .
mandatory
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Will she insist on a guilty verdict and mandatory death sentence ?
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He called for more mandatory sentences and the death penalty.
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The trial judge, Caulfield J., imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
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He parents wept as the judge delivered the mandatory sentence .
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This is of course the mandatory sentence for a person convicted of murder.
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This provided for a mandatory 6-month prison sentence for anyone found guilty of rioting.
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Nor was there any change so far as mandatory life sentences were concerned in the 1987 statement.
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To suggest this child died because of mandatory sentence is grotesque.
maximum
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It leaves less to the discretion of the court and has decided on a maximum sentence of just five years.
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The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $ 250, 000 fine.
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He says maximum sentences are tough enough.
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Despite that, he received the maximum sentence: life.
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Even some misdemeanor offenses, if they draw maximum one-year sentences , can now be deemed aggravated felonies under federal immigration law.
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The maximum sentence is six months in jail or a £2,000 fine.
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The maximum juvenile sentence is 20 years.
short
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Use short sentences to make your points clearly.
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Speaking in short , clipped sentences , Dole tends to wander into baffling legislative detail.
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Notoriously, he wrote in very short sentences .
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A proper language allows you to pack a lot of meaning into a short sentence .
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Go through each group separately, thinking of two short sentences about each name in the group.
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These books contain short sentences , simple words, and repetitive phrases, designed for early readers.
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Hemingway's short sentences derive their power from their revolt against earlier, more discursive styles.
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A great way to set up an interesting, even dynamic, rhythm, is by juxtaposing short and long sentences .
simple
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In cases of conduction aphasia, comprehension of spoken words and simple spoken sentences can be intact.
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Her daughter came to the class one day, and a child who had not spoken before began speaking in simple sentences .
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You should be able to reduce this to two or three simple sentences .
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Saying complex things forces you away from the protected Syntax of simple sentences .
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If short and simple sentences dominate your writing, however, it may become monotonous.
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Let them see the struggle and humiliation, the effort he had to exert to write a simple sentence .
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It is worth remembering that simple sentences are more likely to be grammatically correct than long, involved ones. 4.
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A linguistic item must in general have at least the complexity of a simple sentence to show such properties.
stiff
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Gave him a stiff sentence in a House of Correction to teach him better ways.
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Alan Eastwood, who represents more than a hundred thousand rank and file officers, wants more police powers and stiffer sentences .
suspended
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Karl-Heinz Schneider, her controlling officer and former lover, was given an 18-month suspended sentence for espionage.
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After receiving a twelve-month suspended sentence he was dismissed.
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Three other officers were given suspended three-year sentences for destroying evidence.
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My parole finishes in nine days and then I start a nine months' suspended sentence .
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This was an obvious attempt to secure his silence in return for a plea-bargain and suspended sentence on the passport charge.
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The court gave short or suspended sentences to 13 other defendants.
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Mr Koc said Tunc was given an 18-month suspended sentence for this allegation.
■ NOUN
death
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She felt suddenly, confusedly, a little like a man who had voluntarily passed a death sentence on himself.
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How do we work out the fact that a firing from one job can become an employment death sentence ?
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Forty percent of death sentences have been overturned at federal appeal in recent years.
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On the other hand, it was something akin to a blanket death sentence for the free-flowing rivers in sixteen states.
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The ayatollahs' death sentence stands.
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In 13 states that have the death penalty, Kambule would be excluded from a possible death sentence .
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The death sentence on Eduardo Díaz Betancourt was upheld on appeal, and he was executed by firing squad on Jan. 20.
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Some prisoners who would not normally have received the death sentence may have fallen victim to political interference in the judicial process.
jail
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She was given a six month jail sentence .
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Davitt is serving a six-month jail sentence in the theft.
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But his lifestyle has lead to court appearances on drug and driving offences and he's served two jail sentences .
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Those arrested Wednesday face criminal charges of forgery and falsifying business records, both of which carry possible jail sentences .
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Last year he was convicted of breaking that ban ... and was given a jail sentence .
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After a travesty of a trial, Conde was given a five-year jail sentence for an alleged breach of national security.
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Police have launched a nationwide hunt for Moore, who has served a jail sentence for armed robbery.
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Terrence Duncan was given a three-month suspended jail sentence for living off immoral earnings.
life
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If convicted, the alleged drug lord could face several life sentences .
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Her husband was serving a life sentence for murder.
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Maybe he was a convicted ax-murderer doing a life sentence , and he just wrote letters to pass time.
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Nilsen began a life sentence in November 1983.
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Aldrich Ames is serving a life sentence at the federal penitentiary at Allenwood, Pa..
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Ministers will continue to review every case where a life sentence prisoner has been detained for 10 years.
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Eberling, 67, is serving a life sentence in Ohio for murder in another case.
prison
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Infringements of the new law can attract fines of up to £20,000, or a prison sentence of up to five years.
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Staley is serving a 15-to 25-year state prison sentence for stalking his ex-girlfriend.
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Name the doctor given a suspended prison sentence for the attempted murder of a dying patient. 4.
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The Arizona Special Delivery defendant faces a 10-to 24-year prison sentence under state law.
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If convicted of the charge he could face a prison sentence of six years.
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He could face additional charges and, if convicted, receive a prison sentence , sources said.
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This is an indictable offence which carries a two years' prison sentence .
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Short prison sentences or a light physical punishment are the norm in most criminal cases.
structure
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Bruner starts by leading children to discover what is in their own heads, and describes a lesson on sentence structure .
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This sentence suture can add variety to your sentence structure .
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Scan 4: Analysis of sentence structure .
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Look at the style, the variety of words, and sentence structure .
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These aspects of language performance are more under conscious control than are aspects of sentence structure and morphology.
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The passages got longer and longer, the sentence structure and verb forms more complex.
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Minor changes in sentence structure can affect the accuracy of recall.
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Perhaps the greatest roadblock to smooth, fast writing lies in sentence structure .
■ VERB
begin
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Nilsen began a life sentence in November 1983.
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Her daughter came to the class one day, and a child who had not spoken before began speaking in simple sentences .
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Thompson began a six-year sentence for money laundering earlier this year.
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Capital letters began each sentence and periods ended them.
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The teacher had helped them with the capital letter to begin the sentence and the full stop at the end.
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One of the main things I was taught from this was not to begin a sentence with And.
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Typing Tutor then begins to provide test sentences which include those problem characters.
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Blake began his sentence in Wormwood Scrubs prison in West London.
carry
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More specifically, we can ask what implications are carried by the sentences about the contexts in which they are being used.
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So now we must carry out the sentence .
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All you're doing is carrying out a sentence that the courts no longer have the power to impose.
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The felony charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $ 250, 000 fine.
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Conviction for such an offence carries a five-year prison sentence .
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Currently, those sales carry a misdemeanor sentence of a year or less in the county jail.
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Drink-driving, for example, should carry an automatic prison sentence .
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Those arrested Wednesday face criminal charges of forgery and falsifying business records, both of which carry possible jail sentences .
commute
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King Hussein and the Prime Minister had the right to commute the death sentences .
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In 1979, President Carter commuted her seven-year sentence for bank robbery and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
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De Graaff commuted the sentence to two years, and in actuality Sukarno was released on 15 December 1931.
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Since then it has been the practice to commute the sentence on Western expatriates to imprisonment followed by deportation.
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The Head of State commuted the sentences to 15 years' imprisonment.
complete
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How did you complete the sentence ?
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In many cases, imprisoned illegal immigrants who complete their prison sentences are released while they await deportation proceedings.
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And he would complete his final sentence on the second.
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Two of the others charged in the case have completed federal prison sentences .
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When Griffin failed to complete his sentence , he was put in jail for 18 days.
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The three levels range from simple letters to complete sentences and the tutorials are sensibly structured.
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She hurried out of the room, before the astonished Victorine had completed her first sentence of protest.
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I couldn't complete my sentence .
consider
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Let us then take the discussion a stage further. Consider the following sentences: 3.
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For example, consider the four sentences in the following: A: Have you got any free time this morning?
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The judge retires for the night to consider his sentence and returns the next day to jail Leonard McLean for eighteen months.
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Grammatically controlled interactions follow strict rules. Consider the following sentence: 27.
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Within each paragraph consider the various sentences and whether they each knit together logically.
face
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If found guilty he faces a jail sentence of up to 20 years.
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He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $ 250, 000 fine.
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He doesn't deserve to be facing a long prison sentence .
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If convicted, the alleged drug lord could face several life sentences .
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If convicted of the charge he could face a prison sentence of six years.
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Shaver said the culprit may face a prison sentence , not to mention a $ 3. 4 million firefighting bill.
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If he loses this case he could face a jail sentence .
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He faces a possible death sentence .
finish
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But he was destined never to finish the sentence .
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They promised even before she finished the sentence .
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Skull finished reading a sentence and looked up reluctantly.
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Then, add the correct punctuation to finish the sentence outside.
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Mr. Patten I am finishing my sentence .
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He finished the sentence with a slight raising of the eyebrows.
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He can hardly finish a sentence without a quote from some one or other.
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The woman, classy, well-presented, thirty-five, is approaching fast-he can't finish the sentence .
give
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Three other officers were given suspended three-year sentences for destroying evidence.
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The judge gave Abraham a seven-year sentence in a juvenile detention centre, after which he will be released.
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Last year he was convicted of breaking that ban ... and was given a jail sentence .
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Throughout the book Melville has given his sentences and paragraphs and chapters a special intensity.
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Sheriff Higgings told Arthur that he could do nothing other than give him a custodial sentence .
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The judge gave her a life sentence .
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The smooth-talking Noye was given a 14-year sentence for laundering cash from the Brinks-Mat raid.
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Ian Cowper, 27, was given a three month sentence after admitting being in breach of a 200-hour community service order.
hand
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Serious offences such as murder are tried by juries in crown courts, which have powers to hand down heavier sentences .
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Last year Minin was handed down a two-year sentence for drugs possession.
impose
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The judge is free to impose any sentence and can send the convicted individual to prison or hospital.
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Police courts could impose sentences of up to six months, and district courts of up to two years.
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For example, they can not impose a custodial sentence that is longer than six months in respect of a single offence.
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Federal courts would be empowered to impose the death sentence for 51 crimes.
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The courts may also impose a discretionary life sentence for certain other serious crimes.
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The trial judge, Caulfield J., imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment.
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The Magistrates took that into account when imposing the sentence , but warned the girl that they take the offence extremely seriously.
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But the court disregarded this and imposed a heavy sentence on the 27-year-old from north Staffordshire.
pass
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She felt suddenly, confusedly, a little like a man who had voluntarily passed a death sentence on himself.
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Lord Taylor's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public's expectations.
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They will have to pass shorter sentences .
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The law must be changed to allow the courts to pass severe prison sentences on these so-called joyriders.
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Read in studio Magistrates watched the seven minute video before passing sentence .
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Judge Gerald Butler told him he had no option but to pass a custodial sentence .
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But the disappearance of his son, Larry, in the war has passed its own sentence on the family.
pronounce
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Later, they pronounce a sentence .
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Some definitions Accent: the way in which people from different places pronounce words and sentences .
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They accepted the right of the vigilantes to bring the charges, to make the decision and to pronounce the sentence .
read
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Blanche read the last two sentences twice and glanced up at Dinah.
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I read the few sentences printed in purple on the leaf of pale yellow paper.
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Skull finished reading a sentence and looked up reluctantly.
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Who was supposed to read these sentences and make sense out of them?
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It appears, therefore, that role mapping, but not name mapping, occurred as the original sentence was read .
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This sentence should also be read in the light of the sentence in the judgment of Platt B. to which I have referred.
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He recites Rachel's name and reads out sentences constructed by a constipated computer.
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The provost came to the edge of the scaffold, unrolled a parchment and read the sentences of death.
receive
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They received sentences of four to 13 years, provoking Western condemnation.
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The boys received an indefinite prison sentence .
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Despite that, he received the maximum sentence: life.
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She received a three-year prison sentence and was fined $ 1, 500.
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The crime was extremely brutal, as was Ferguson's treatment of his crew, and he received the death sentence .
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As a result, he said, he was convicted in 1982 and received a six-year sentence .
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This resulted in Blacks overall receiving proportionately more custodial sentences .
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Three eighteen-year-olds received jail sentences .
reduce
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The changes also included reducing the sentence for security offences from life imprisonment to 10 years.
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One can get a reduced sentence for committing certain crimes under the influence of alcohol.
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Also on Jan. 1 Havel declared an amnesty which involved pardoning certain categories of short-term prisoners and reducing the sentences of others.
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Soon after his conviction, McDougal began cooperating with Starr in hopes of reducing his sentence .
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On review it reduced Calley's sentence to 20 years and then later halved it to ten.
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During his last-minute flurry of pardons and commutations before leaving office, Clinton reduced their sentences to 24 to 30 months.
serve
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Krishna Sen, the first editor to be jailed, was released from prison three months ago after serving a two-year sentence .
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Elisa Felix pled guilty in 1993 to a money laundering charge and served a 10-month prison sentence .
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Proscribed as a member of illegal organizations, she served two gaol sentences in Mountjoy and Cork.
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Eslaminia is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole at Folsom Prison.
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He had already served a prison sentence in New Zealand.
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Ray pleaded guilty to the assassination in 1969 and is serving a 99-year sentence .
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The noises insisted upon her serving her sentence: she must allow them to sound violently fortissimo for an hour.
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Chapman admitted last year to sexually molesting a 13-year-old boy in suburban Dallas and is serving a four-year prison sentence .
suspend
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His defence counsel contended that a suspended sentence would enable Chemouil to pay compensation to the victim.
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Pleading no contest to charges of improper handling of a firearm and reckless driving, Metcalf drew a suspended jail sentence .
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He received a five-year suspended sentence .
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Six months later, he was let off with a suspended sentence .
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Jeanson received an 18-month suspended sentence for trying to justify murder.
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A new power to suspend sentences of imprisonment was added by Jenkins, at the instigation of the judiciary.
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Two were let off with warnings; the remaining six were given suspended sentences of one to two years.
write
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This involved writing a sentence on the board, and getting the children to form similar sentences.
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He said the other kids would get done writing these three sentences in maybe twenty minutes.
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Notoriously, he wrote in very short sentences .
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Finally I had to write out the sentence .
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People do not always speak - or write - in complete sentences , yet they still succeed in communicating.
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He was sitting at his desk as he wrote the sentence , waiting for the bell to ring.
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Can you imagine how bitter it is for me to have to write that sentence ?
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They are taught to write and punctuate complete sentences .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
commute a sentence (to sth)
compound sentence
hand down a decision/ruling/sentence etc
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Just a few months earlier, the Supreme Court had handed down a decision inviting states to pass abortion restrictions.
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She is expected soon to hand down a ruling.
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The commission will seek to arbitrate a resolution before handing down a decision in late summer.
noncustodial sentence/punishment etc
pass (a) sentence (on sb)
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I will pass sentence tomorrow when I have seen all the papers.
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Lord Taylor's main point is to suggest that judges should pass sentence with an eye to the public's expectations.
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Read in studio Magistrates watched the seven minute video before passing sentence.
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Stand while the judge passes sentence.
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The first is the abolition of the powers of courts to pass sentence of corporal punishment.
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The judge asked for more psychiatric reports on Borgois before passing sentence.
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The judge had 30 days to pass sentence.
string words/a sentence together
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Female speaker I can say the odd word, but I can't string a sentence together yet.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a six-year prison sentence
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Belfast Appeal Court increased his sentence from five to nine years.
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Berger is serving a life sentence for the murders.
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Croy is currently serving a life sentence for the 1992 rape and murder of an Iowa woman.
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Describe your best friend in a single sentence .
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Evans was given a light sentence in return for giving information to the police.
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Hailey is serving a life sentence , and is reported to be in poor health.
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He got a 10-year prison sentence .
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He was recently freed after serving a sentence for leading anti-government riots.
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If convicted of the charges against him, Blackburn could receive a maximum sentence of 30 years.
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If found guilty of first-degree murder, Bangham could face a death sentence .
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Judge Evans will pass sentence on the three men tomorrow.
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Moore began an eighteen-month prison sentence in November.
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Neale is finishing a three-month sentence for petty theft.
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Perrault is serving a 15-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion.
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Richardson was convicted of murder and given a death sentence .
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The opening sentence of the book defines the concept of Tai-Chi-Chuan.
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The victim's family are demanding the death sentence for his attacker.
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Try to write using short, punchy sentences.
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Write a complete sentence for each answer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As this sentence was pronounced, each sanam slid from its pedestal and smashed to the ground.
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Before long, the sentence makes no sense, but the sound of the nonsense is rich.
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Carl is a man of clipped sentences and positive, energetic action.
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In all three examples, clues to the type of question are contained in the preceding sentence .
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In cases of conduction aphasia, comprehension of spoken words and simple spoken sentences can be intact.
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Often you can salve their indignation and solve this problem by rewording the sentence .
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Only 14 days for the seven years to be increased to the sentence that fits his crimes and his evil - life.
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That this is important was shown by one of the authors in two studies analysing sentences in the London courts in 1983.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
to
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Some 157 demonstrators were subsequently convicted of a range of offences and were sentenced to up to 20 years' imprisonment.
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He was sentenced to between five and 15 years after a trial which exposed the privileged lifestyle of rich New York youngsters.
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Now two of them have been convicted and sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison.
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On Oct. 30 five high-school students arrested during the disturbances were sentenced to between five and eight years in prison.
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He was then arrested and sentenced to just six months in prison.
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One of his accomplices was imprisoned for life, and four others were sentenced to between three and 15 years.
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He was sentenced to just seven years.
■ NOUN
court
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A few months later, a state court sentenced Heber to four additional years.
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Wolf is being tried by the same court that sentenced him to six years in prison for treason and bribery.
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On July 11 a Nairobi court sentenced four men to seven years' imprisonment for sedition.
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A people's court sentenced him to death, and put a bounty on his head.
death
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One person was sentenced to death , 41 sentenced to life imprisonment and 555 to terms of imprisonment of up to 36 years.
imprisonment
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Calley, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment , was eventually paroled after having served only three years.
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She was sentenced to three months imprisonment and a dishonorable discharge.
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McEvoy was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment .
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He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Mr Justice Jowitt.
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He was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on each of the rape charges and four years for each of the indecent assaults.
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Instead, he complained, he had been brought to court, fined, whipped and sentenced to two months imprisonment .
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Two former students were sentenced inabsentia to life imprisonment .
judge
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The judge will sentence Fleiss for pandering on April 1.
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The judge sentenced the trooper to death.
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The judge sentenced Chen to three years' probation and told him to file his records monthly for the next year.
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The board called on judges to sentence landlords guilty of serious code violations to live in their own buildings.
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Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence him to 1 years in prison.
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The Guadalajara judge sentenced him to six years in jail on illegal weapons charges.
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So saying, the judge sentenced Gandhi to six years in prison.
life
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Calley, who had been sentenced to life imprisonment, was eventually paroled after having served only three years.
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Instead, he was sentenced in 1987 to life in prison.
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Two former students were sentenced inabsentia to life imprisonment.
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Am I sentenced to a life of padded cells and plastic silverware, avoiding sharp objects at all cost?
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Of the individuals acquitted by the Bologna appeal court four had been sentenced to life imprisonment and nine to lesser terms.
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Two men have been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the murder.
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Phan Chu Trinh was sentenced to life imprisonment.
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She was tried and sentenced to life in prison last Jan. 11.
man
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On July 11 a Nairobi court sentenced four men to seven years' imprisonment for sedition.
years
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He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban.
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In 1992 he was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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In June 18, 1984, Ebens was convicted and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison but Nitz was acquitted.
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Mrs Helmsley has been sentenced to four years in jail, and could become eligible for parole in 19 months.
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Prosecutors have asked a judge to sentence him to 1 years in prison.
■ VERB
convict
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Quickly tried and convicted , he was sentenced to hang.
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They were quickly convicted and sentenced to be burned at the stake.
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Now two of them have been convicted and sentenced to nearly 40 years in prison.
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Under the indictment, Noriega was transported to the United States, tried, convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
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He was convicted and sentenced to death at age 16.
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Rebecca Davis was convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
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Thereupon the appellants changed their pleas to guilty of unlawful possession and were convicted and sentenced .
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Two men have been convicted and sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the murder.
try
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And on such flimsy grounds she'd apparently been tried and sentenced .
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Under the indictment, Noriega was transported to the United States, tried , convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
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The Crown and Nisi Prius courts sat, the men were tried and sentenced .
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She was tried and sentenced to life in prison last Jan. 11.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compound sentence
noncustodial sentence/punishment etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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60 prisoners have been sentenced to death in political trials.
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Brown will be sentenced for a series of sexual assaults.
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Some countries will sentence you to seven or more years in prison for drug offences.
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The judge sentenced Margolis to a year in prison.
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The judge said that his was a very serious crime, and sentenced him to eight years in prison.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But worse than that, the man was sentenced to death and was in custody!
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Green is free on bail until his sentencing on June 27, when he faces up to 25 years in prison.
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He was sentenced to five years in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
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He was found guilty and sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
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She is to be sentenced later.
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She returned anyhow, was sentenced but reprieved, and found herself expelled for the fourth time.
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Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992 and sentenced to six years' imprisonment.