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1. Sentences

   The Four Books of Sentences is a book of theology written by Peter Lombard in the 12th century. It is a systematic compilation of theology, written around 1150; it derives its name from the sententiae or authoritative statements on biblical passages that it gathered together.

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   Rank popularity for the word 'sentences' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3393

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1. senescent

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Veena

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sentences in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sentences in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sentences in a Sentence

1. Bill Herod:

   All of them have served time in prison for felony convictions. Some come directly from prison, but most completed their sentences long ago and were living freely at the time they were detained for deportation.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.

3. Allen Ginsberg:

   I have a new method of poetry. All you got to do is look over your notebooks... or lay down on a couch, and think of anything that comes into your head, especially the miseries. Then arrange in lines of two, three or four words each, don't bother about sentences, in sections of two, three or four lines each.

4. Dejan Stojanovic:

   To cut and tighten sentences is the secret of mastery.

5. Kevin Landy:

   A large percent of ICE detainees have no criminal records and are more vulnerable in a prison setting – security staff and administrators at BOP facilities have spent their careers dealing with hardened criminals serving long sentences for serious felonies, and the procedures and staff training reflect that, this sudden mass transfer could result in some serious problems.

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