prison sentence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprisonandsentence
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prison
noun
uk/ˈprɪz.ən/us/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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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 ofprisonandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It was almost like serving aprisonsentence.
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A 20-year mandatoryprisonsentenceis attached to a conviction.
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He is released after a two-yearprisonsentence, a widowed, penniless old man.
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Should it be aprisonsentence, should it be a servedprisonsentenceor a suspended one?
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No doubt this gives a judge a much better idea of what aprisonsentencereally entails.
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Using theprisonsentencepossible for the crime charged as a limit on the commitment term makes little sense.
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The problem is again complicated by lack of any general agreement of what aprisonsentenceis intended to do.
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What does aprisonsentenceaccomplish?
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It has to be aprisonsentence.
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This is not aprisonsentence.
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That could involve aprisonsentence.
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The next stage is aprisonsentence.
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It was always in addition to an existingprisonsentence.
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Aprisonsentencein these cases cannot do any good.
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For that he was given a suspendedprisonsentence.
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All had already served, in effect, aprisonsentence.
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The amendment would delete the reference to aprisonsentence.
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At worst, he faces a longprisonsentence.
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They are liable to aprisonsentenceof three years.
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Perhaps theprisonsentencewas for three years.
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But what happened when the originalprisonsentencewas passed?
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It is far worse than a suspendedprisonsentence.
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Despite theprisonsentencethe fine will still stand.
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We do not seek to shorten theprisonsentence.
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Yet in effect they have already served aprisonsentence.
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