four-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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Afour-yearsentencewould properly be called a two-to-four-yearsentence.
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Is she saying that someone currently sentenced to four years would have to serve thatfour-yearsentence?
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That sounded very much as though thefour-yearsentencein future would involve four years' imprisonment, but that has been totally cast to one side.
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My constituents cannot understand why someone who gets afour-yearsentenceshould be out after two years.
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The issue is whether afour-yearsentenceis such as to give the public confidence in our court procedures.
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It is a disgraceful situation, because these men have already served the equivalent of afour-yearsentencewithout trial.
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Allowing for all the rules governing remission, the accused will have served the equivalent of afour-yearsentencebefore it has been decided whether he is guilty.
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A prisoner serving afour-yearsentencewho did not receive parole would nevertheless be eligible for release before the end of the sentence if he behaved well.
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He served six months in prison concurrent with afour-yearsentencefrom 1968 for being an accessory to a bank robbery.
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For that he was arrested in 1909 and received afour-yearsentencein 1911.
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Prosecutors had sought afour-yearsentence.
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Neal received afour-yearsentencefor bond forgery.
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Liao received afour-yearsentence.
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Should this be restricted to men with four-year sentences?
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These huts usually hold those prisoners serving less than four-year sentences.
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