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

Maximum Sentence in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: maximum
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.6 words

Words in this phrase

maximum sentence

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • maximum can mean: The highest limit. Frequent word
  • sentence can mean: The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 13 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

carries a maximum sentence of 10 2× carries a maximum sentence of 20 2× carries a maximum sentence of five 2× a possible maximum sentence of life 1× and a maximum sentence of until 1× carry a maximum sentence of life 1× down the maximum sentence due the 1× face a maximum sentence of 20 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

each charge carries 2× adrian searle the 1× all three men 1× both father and 1× breaching the sexual 1× cocroft highlighted morgan 1×

Common sentence endings:

years in prison 4× a life sentence 1× age of 21 1× and penalty points 1× class a cases 1× distribute said drugs 1×

Context words

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

years 16× prison 9× carries 8× life 6× imprisonment 5× charge 4× cases 3× drugs 3× decision 2× crime 2× two 2× serious 2×

Related phrases

maximum temperature life sentence suspended sentence prison sentence maximum depth maximum speed maximum amount sentence suspended absolute maximum maximum temperatures

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around maximum:

maximum temperatures 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

maximum depth maximum amount matthew perry matthew mcconaughey matthew kacsmaryk matt murdock

Just after it in the phrase index:

maximum speed maximum temperature maximum temperatures may affect may apply may cause

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

maximum temperature maximum depth maximum speed maximum amount maximum temperatures

Same ending:

life sentence suspended sentence prison sentence

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "maximum sentence" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as carries a maximum sentence of 10, carries a maximum sentence of 20, years, prison and carries stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with maximum temperature, life sentence, suspended sentence and maximum temperatures, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with maximum sentence

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

Short example sentences

Ethnic intimidation has a maximum sentence of two years in prison. (11 words)

He had faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. (11 words)

All three men face a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Adrian Searle, the director of the National Economic Crime Centre, said while the maximum sentence for fraud is currently 10 years, the average sentence is around two years and even in the most serious cases is still only four years. (40 words)

In the most serious cases involving a quantity of drugs significantly higher than category 1, sentences of 20 years and above maybe imposed with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment being available in class A cases. (36 words)

The defense is trying to prove involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, as opposed to the first degree murder charge that would result in a life sentence. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

Cocroft highlighted Morgan’s absence of remorse and noncompliance, leading to her decision to impose the maximum sentence of 14 to 19½ years in prison, which includes the maximum life sentence.

Adrian Searle, the director of the National Economic Crime Centre, said while the maximum sentence for fraud is currently 10 years, the average sentence is around two years and even in the most serious cases is still only four years.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that a judge ordered the now-17-year-olds to a minimum sentence of three years and a maximum sentence of until they reach the age of 21.

Conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction carries a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, while the sentence for the civil rights violation carries no more than 10 years.

The defense is trying to prove involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, as opposed to the first degree murder charge that would result in a life sentence.

Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum fine of $250,000.

Each charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, though maximum sentences are rarely handed out.

According to the sentencing council, offences such as driving without insurance have a maximum sentence of an unlimited fine alongside the endorsement of a driving licence and penalty points.

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All three men face a maximum sentence of six months of imprisonment.

Both father and son face a maximum sentence of 20 years each for possession of drugs with the intent to distribute, as well as for the charge of conspiracy to distribute said drugs.

Breaching the sexual harm prevention order is a separate criminal offence that carries a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.

DePape is also charged with one count of attempted kidnapping of a U.S. official on account of the performance of official duties, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

Dragisich said he was pleased with the judge’s decision to hand down the maximum sentence due the horrific nature of the crime.

Ethnic intimidation has a maximum sentence of two years in prison.

Garrison pled guilty to one count of conspiring to commit computer intrusion, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.

Had the offences been committed more recently and Spence charged under the new laws, his offending would carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

He had faced a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.

However, if the maximum sentence is handed down, it could set a precedent, he noted.

If given the maximum sentence, the 31-year-old former billionaire will go to prison for the rest of his life.

In the most serious cases involving a quantity of drugs significantly higher than category 1, sentences of 20 years and above maybe imposed with a maximum sentence of life imprisonment being available in class A cases.

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