long sentence

collocation in English

meaningsoflongandsentence

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long
adjective
uk
/lɒŋ/us
/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
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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 oflongandsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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First, a matching part generalized from alongsentencewas often too restricted to match other sentences because too many attributes were reserved as restrictions.
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In contrast, the second opportunity with alongsentencewould provide four to eight additional morphemes.
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Thelongsentencemingles the two worlds only to underline their contrast.
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If you can say something in four short sentences, do not say it in onelongsentence.
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That was like putting a full stop to alongsentence.
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He and his wife are to be congratulated on thatlongsentenceof achievement.
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There is no necessity for bringing in a tremendouslylongsentencewith only two commas.
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People who work with offenders agree that a verylongsentenceis no more effective in preventing recidivism than is a shorter sentence.
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How can you say now that alongsentence, in the absence of corporal punishment, will not prove to be a good thing?
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I am proposing to provide a special block within a secure prison for the accommodation oflongsentence prisoners, including prisoners who may be violent.
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But we agree that, within that verylongsentence, the word should be "after"and not"before".
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I could see only that that was a case for alongsentenceand for flogging.
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A man who is in for life has nothing to lose; a man who is serving alongsentencehas very little to lose.
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By anyone's standard that is not alongsentence.
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One was that the death sentence was the greatest deterrent and the other was that it was kinder than thelongsentence.
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This deals with the persistent offender, the man who is going to have a speciallylongsentencefor which he has qualified in certain ways.
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Are we to add to the punishment of that crime the threat of a divorce if the crime is punished by alongsentence?
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To punish them with alongsentenceand then to let them out to repeat their offence is surely quite irresponsible.
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