two-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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(Definition ofsentencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It happens to be the same as thetwo-yearsentencefor contempt of court.
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I was talking to a man who served atwo-yearsentencepreceded by six-and-a-half months in custody on remand.
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That means that he is immediately liable to atwo-yearsentenceof imprisonment.
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I know from information given to me that one recruit had just been released from prison after having served atwo-yearsentence.
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If a judge intends a criminal to spend two years in prison, under the proposed legislation he will give him atwo-yearsentence.
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They will remove the injustice of innocent people facing atwo-yearsentencebecause they cannot provide the key or the information when requested.
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We understand that one of the accused is now due to be released following completion of histwo-yearsentence.
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If the person refuses to hand over the encryption key, there is a maximumtwo-yearsentence.
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She was given atwo-yearsentence, like her husband, and it has been reduced to 18 months.
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There should be some possibility of remission, but atwo-yearsentenceshould not mean only about eight months in prison.
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He received atwo-yearsentence.
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Tartag was later sentenced to atwo-yearsentencefor fraud.
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When the case came to trial, he was given atwo-yearsentence.
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He was found guilty and served twenty-two months of atwo-yearsentence.
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Raju gets involved in a case of forgery and gets atwo-yearsentence.
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Clousiot died shortly after being released from solitary, where he served atwo-yearsentence.
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Shoukri was acquitted of manslaughter but received atwo-yearsentence, after pleading guilty to unlawful and malicious wounding.
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He also received atwo-yearsentence.
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