The phrase "a different sentence" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to an alternative or distinct sentence that differs from another one previously mentioned.
Example: "If you don't like that option, you can always choose a different sentence to express your thoughts."
Alternatives: "another statement" or "an alternative phrase".
But you started with a different sentence.
Assistant US attorney Michael McMahon said the plea bargain will be nullified if the judge gives Durst a different sentence.
The fact that the appellate court might reasonably have concluded that a different sentence was appropriate is insufficient to justify reversal of the district court.
You would expect "as much … as he can", and "while he can" seems to have moved in from a different sentence.
The jury never heard this information about what may have triggered the crime, which could well have led to a different sentence.
Federal sentencing guidelines call for Mr. Goren to be imprisoned for 63 to 78 months, according to the September plea agreement, although Judge Platt could impose a different sentence.
"That is a very different sentence and actually if you are a public service broadcaster and you are asking people to pay a licence fee the BBC should mean something to all people, it should be the people's broadcaster.
One starts with a certain sentence, and then moves, step by step, to a completely different sentence.
But Rob's question deals with a slightly different sentence structure.
(LOL is laugh out loud) Don't use full stops or commas unless you are moving to a completely different sentence.
Yes: Greene "misspoke," in that an entirely different sentence, containing entirely different facts, related to an entirely different account, failed to emerge from Greene's mouth at the moment that air vibrated his vocal chords and his lips, teeth, tongue, and palate formed words.
