Below you will find example sentences with "mandatory minimum". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Mandatory Minimum in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: mandatory
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 23.2 words

Words in this phrase

mandatory minimum

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • mandatory can mean: obligatory; required or commanded by authority. Frequent word
  • minimum can mean: The lowest limit. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 12 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a statutory mandatory minimum term of 1× california creating mandatory minimum sentences for 1× carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 1× concluded that mandatory minimum sentences are 1× eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing laws 1× face a mandatory minimum of five 1× faces a mandatory minimum of five 1× from a mandatory minimum of seven 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

according to reports 1× alm said he 1× but apparently fetty 1× california creating mandatory 1× court heard thursday 1× eliminating mandatory minimum 1×

Common sentence endings:

criminal justice system 1× do not matter 1× from using them 1× mandatory minimum penalty 1× mandatory minimum terms 1× minimum jail term 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

years 8× prison 8× sentences 8× life 5× face 4× sentence 4× five 3× term 3× judge 2× court 2× constitutional 2× defendants 2×

Related phrases

minimum wage minimum temperature national minimum table minimum minimum wages new minimum mandatory retirement mandatory testing

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around mandatory:

mandatory retirement 6× mandatory testing 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

manchester united manchester england manchester city manchester airport managing partner managing editor

Just after it in the phrase index:

mandatory retirement mandatory testing manhattan associates manhattan beach manhattan district manhattan federal

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

mandatory retirement mandatory testing

Same ending:

national minimum table minimum new minimum

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "mandatory minimum" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a statutory mandatory minimum term of, california creating mandatory minimum sentences for, years, prison and sentences stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with minimum wage, minimum temperature, national minimum, mandatory retirement and mandatory testing, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with mandatory minimum

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

There is no mandatory minimum share capital. (7 words)

He faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison. (10 words)

This put her at risk of being handed a three-month mandatory minimum jail term. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

The possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime carries a statutory mandatory minimum term of five years in prison, a maximum of life in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. (36 words)

One ends an automatic one-year enhancement added to current sentences for each prior felony jail or prison term. The other ends mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug crimes, leaving the sentences to judges’ discretion. (35 words)

She’s facing first-degree robbery and first-degree assault, both Measure 11 crimes in Oregon that carry mandatory minimum sentences of 7½ years in prison, and unlawful use of a weapon. (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

But apparently, Fetty Wap is making a last minute plea for a judge to impose only the mandatory minimum.

He faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison.

In two other cases — which involve robberies with firearms — the top court concluded that mandatory minimum sentences are constitutional, regardless of whether the guns involved were prohibited weapons.

The defendants face a mandatory minimum of five years to 40 years in prison, a $5 million fine and at least three years of supervised release.

This put her at risk of being handed a three-month mandatory minimum jail term.

Alm said he hopes a mandatory minimum sentence for ghost gun possession could help deter people from using them.

Eliminating mandatory minimum sentencing laws is essential to creating a more just and equitable criminal justice system.

Johnson said he was bound by the federal kidnapping statute, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of life in prison when such a crime results in death.

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Raffington and Blake face charges of aiding and abetting the same offenses, with potential sentences ranging from a mandatory minimum of seven years to life imprisonment.

There is no mandatory minimum share capital.

The rules around mandatory minimum sentencing make it so that the circumstances bringing a person before a judge do not matter.

According to reports, the Roc Nation rapper is expected to face life in prison with a mandatory minimum of 10 years if convicted.

Experts said that these new charges, which brought along the severe mandatory minimum sentences, significantly change the dynamics of the case.

His widow Lissie Harper, 29, is now calling for anyone guilty of killing an emergency services worker due to a criminal act to be jailed for life, with mandatory minimum terms.

The possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime carries a statutory mandatory minimum term of five years in prison, a maximum of life in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.

California creating mandatory minimum sentences for defendants in sexual assault trials after Turner’s six-month sentence was handed down.

Court heard Thursday that Kong’s defence lawyer, Shelley Sugarman, has filed a notice of intent to raise a constitutional question regarding the mandatory minimum penalty.

One ends an automatic one-year enhancement added to current sentences for each prior felony jail or prison term. The other ends mandatory minimum sentences for certain drug crimes, leaving the sentences to judges’ discretion.

She’s facing first-degree robbery and first-degree assault, both Measure 11 crimes in Oregon that carry mandatory minimum sentences of 7½ years in prison, and unlawful use of a weapon.

They do so because the alternative is to risk the steep mandatory minimum sentence they would face if they went to trial and lost.

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