ten-year sentence

collocation in English

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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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Upon their release, those prisoners will be subject to supervision release orders which can extend long beyond the expiry of the five orten-yearsentence.
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Pakage was imprisoned on aten-yearsentence, which he served until early release in 2010.
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In 1947, his father was arrested again and was given aten-yearsentence.
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She served a little more than six years of herten-yearsentence.
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He served a portion of aten-yearsentencefor racketeering.
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He served a furtherten-yearsentencefrom 1970 as punishment for political activities.
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Tupolev was tried and convicted in 1940 with aten-yearsentence.
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Amongst them is a 14-year-old boy facing a possibleten-yearsentencefor armed robbery if he can not survive the boot camp's brutal training and indoctrination programme.
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Taylor received aten-yearsentence, the maximum sentence the judge had the power to impose.
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Alexander and two others were given ten-year sentences in prison, loss of their personal property, and loss of civil rights for five years.
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