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  2. Sentence clause structure - Wikipedia

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    Sentence 1 is an example of a simple sentence. Sentence 2 is compound because "so" is considered a coordinating conjunction in English, and sentence 3 is complex. Sentence 4 is compound-complex (also known as complex-compound). Example 5 is a sentence fragment. I like trains. I don't know how to bake, so I buy my bread already made.

  3. List of people sentenced to more than one life imprisonment

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    Name Sentence start Sentence term Country Description Terry Nichols: 1995 162 consecutive life sentences plus 93 years without parole United States Convicted of 161 counts of first degree murder, first degree arson, and conspiracy by the state court of Oklahoma for his part in the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19, 1995; also sentenced in federal court for terrorism and eight counts of ...

  4. Sentence (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A major sentence is a regular sentence; it has a subject and a predicate, e.g. "I have a ball." In this sentence, one can change the persons, e.g. "We have a ball." However, a minor sentence is an irregular type of sentence that does not contain a main clause, e.g. "Mary!", "Precisely so.", "Next Tuesday evening after it gets dark."

  5. Criminal sentencing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This period is often between 1 and 3 years (on the short end) and 5–50 years on the upper end. The legislature generally sets a short, mandatory minimum sentence that an offender must spend in prison (e.g. one-third of the minimum sentence, or one-third of the high end of a sentence).

  6. Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo ...

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    Reed–Kellogg diagram of the sentence. The sentence is unpunctuated and uses three different readings of the word "buffalo". In order of their first use, these are: a. a city named Buffalo. This is used as a noun adjunct in the sentence; n. the noun buffalo, an animal, in the plural (equivalent to "buffaloes" or "buffalos"), in order to avoid ...

  7. List of linguistic example sentences - Wikipedia

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    The sentence can be read as "Reginam occidere nolite, timere bonum est, si omnes consentiunt, ego non. Contradico. " ("don't kill the Queen, it is good to be afraid, even if all agree I do not. I object."), or the opposite meaning " Reginam occidere nolite timere, bonum est; si omnes consentiunt ego non contradico.

  8. Back-to-back life sentences - Wikipedia

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    In judicial practice, back-to-back life sentences, also called consecutive life sentences, [1] [2] are two or more consecutive life sentences given to a convicted felon. This practice is used to ensure the felon will never be released from prison.

  9. List of people indicted in the International Criminal ...

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    Completed commuted sentence on 28 February 2014 [5] [16] [8] Jean-Paul Akayesu: 16 February 1996: 3 7 5 — 26 May 1996: Serving sentence of life imprisonment in Benin [17] [18] [19] Georges Rutaganda: 16 February 1996: 1 4 3 — 26 May 1996: Died on 11 October 2010 while serving sentence of life imprisonment [20] [21] [22] Ladislas Ntaganzwa ...