three-year sentence

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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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A further offence of domestic burglary would automatically incur at least anotherthree-yearsentence.
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There is the minimumthree-yearsentencefor domestic burglary.
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Has a careful analysis been taken of the effect of the two-year sentence by comparison with thethree-yearsentence.
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The father of the child was in prison serving athree-yearsentence.
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He served 14 months of athree-yearsentencefor manslaughter.
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Therefore, for that couple athree-yearsentenceis a long, harsh one.
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I did not go into whether athree-yearsentencewas merited, as that is irrelevant.
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To start with, let us take the shortest sentence that comes in under this scheme, thethree-yearsentence.
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Many judges have often said that to impose a six-month rather than athree-yearsentenceis far too lenient.
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Before 1967, if a judge wanted to ensure that the person he was going to sentence would stay in prison for two years he gave him athree-yearsentence.
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It is possible that an individual who had committed three minor offences, distressing though they might have been, would receive a relatively severe, mandatorythree-yearsentence.
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A man might serve a short sentence and be out of prison for six or eight months; he might serve athree-yearsentenceand be back again in a fortnight.
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He was jailed in 2000 and released in 2001, having served just over one year of histhree-yearsentence.
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Teresinha was eventually given a suspendedthree-yearsentence.
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After serving two and a half years of athree-yearsentence, because of good behavior he was eligible for study release during the day.
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Consequently, he received only athree-yearsentencefor jail-breaking, whereas a typical sentence for horse stealing was more than ten years.
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He served two years of athree-yearsentence.
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The riot started when a prisoner, serving athree-yearsentence, confronted staff and refused to return to his room.
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Her originalthree-yearsentenceprompted widespread outrage at her harsh punishment, while her customers had not been punished.
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Gino agrees, planning to buy a fishing boat with the money he will earn after athree-yearsentence.
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