lengthy sentence

collocation in English

meaningsoflengthyandsentence

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lengthy
adjective
uk
/ˈleŋ.θi/us
/ˈleŋ.θi/
continuing for a ...
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sentence
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsen.təns/us
/ˈsen.təns/
a group of words, usually containing a verb, that expresses a thought in the form of a statement, question, instruction, or exclamation and starts with a capital letter ...
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(Definition oflengthyandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is a cruel thing to happen to someone who is serving a life sentence or any otherlengthysentence.
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Other reasons might be that crucial witnesses in the original trial had since died or perhaps that the defendant himself was already serving alengthysentencefor some other offence.
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Schiavone had already been arrested on at least two prior occasions, but each time he was able to avoid alengthysentenceon legal technicalities.
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Monk faces alengthysentenceon a plea bargain with no possibility of bail.
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Unfortunately, there appears to be limited editorial input resulting in, for example, sometimes grammatically flawed and lengthy sentences, one sentence consisting of 124 words (p. 213).
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Lengthy sentences reduce both readability and meaning.
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That assumes that they are not already martyrs if they receive lengthy sentences of, say 20 or 30 years.
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Does he share the scepticism about the present lengthy sentences being dealt out by the courts?
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The amendment will release to serve as judges people who have been convicted of reasonably high degrees of criminality, as evidenced by the lengthy sentences served.
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His accomplices were also jailed for lengthy sentences.
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Judges impose immediate sentences on the spot, usually lengthy sentences of imprisonment (or encubement).
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In all, 75 people were given lengthy sentences averaging 17 years each.
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Because of the potential lengthy sentences for the criminal convictions, the individual defendants were remanded into custody without bail pending any appeal.
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