adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
sentence
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As Mr. Hurd pointed out in his written answer, there is no equivalent determinate sentence for murder.
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Consequently there are no cases in our books which show what the appropriate determinate sentence is specifically for that offence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A demise for years is a contract for the exclusive possession and profit of land for some determinate period.
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All we require is a well-defined concept that makes R determinate and is consistent with symmetry.
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Also receiving determinate prison sentences are those whose offence is reduced to manslaughter on a combined plea of provocation and diminished responsibility.
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But like Many saidi, when his pride or dignity were crossed he was capable of fierce anger and determinate action.
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Consequently there are no cases in our books which show what the appropriate determinate sentence is specifically for that offence.
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There is no determinate object, then, which we can call the meaning of this sentence.
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Thus, it is clear that normal speakers do not have a determinate concept of the things these words denote.