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

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There is a big difference between afive-yearsentence, a forty-year sentence, and a sentence measured in three figures.
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Afive-yearsentenceaffords a convict some measure of hope that he can pick up his life again afterwards.
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As regards an offence which carries afive-yearsentence, disqualification from driving or being confined inside prison for five years is an inordinately long time.
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In the legislation, the husband in that dialogue, by divulging that information, would be guilty of an offence carrying a possiblefive-yearsentence.
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One yardstick that has been suggested is that of thefive-yearsentence.
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There is complete lack of understanding and imagination on the part of some people about what afive-yearsentencemeans.
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It provides for arrest without warrant for breaches and for the newfive-yearsentence.
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We must determine whether the language of the statute obliges the court to impose afive-yearsentence.
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He was given afive-yearsentenceand released.
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The average length of licence granted in the four- tofive-yearsentenceband fell from 322 days in 1983 to 241 days in 1986.
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They had been there for three or four months of afive-yearsentence.
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Nevertheless, one of those men was out after three years and the other served less than hisfive-yearsentence.
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If so, in whose opinion should those offences carry afive-yearsentence?
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He received afive-yearsentence.
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The prosecution might try for a reduced charge of manslaughter and therefore someone who should go down for life would come out with a four orfive-yearsentence.
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Kelly was put on the hostel scheme when he was nearing the end of afive-yearsentencefor burglary, taking a conveyance without authority and so on.
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Bronson, who was once a counterfeiter, just returned from serving afive-yearsentencein prison.
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He pled guilty and served three years of a three tofive-yearsentence.
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This caused him to be forced into serving afive-yearsentencefor a crime that he did not commit.
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Seventy-eight years old, the charge to which he pleaded guilty carries a possiblefive-yearsentenceand $250,000 fine.
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