The phrase "a distinct sentence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sentence that is clear, separate, and easily identifiable from others.
Example: "In the essay, the author presents a distinct sentence that encapsulates the main argument."
Alternatives: "a clear statement" or "a separate clause".
So if a type were just the set of its tokens, these distinct sentences would be wrongly classified as identical, because each would be identical to the null set.
Interestingly, we find that the node counts are best predicted (statistically) by the sentence counts in Table 1 more so than the document or word counts which leads to a hypothesis about the structure of the language in our corpora: that unique concepts arise out of distinct sentences rather than other textual boundaries.
The spikes from one Te neuron were collected over presentation of 500 distinct sentences, and then referenced in time with respect to sentence onset.
Coherence between stimulus and LFP signal was then computed for each time point t and each frequency f over 100 simulations using 100 distinct sentences sen, using the formula from Mitra and Pesaran (1999).
There was never a distinct moment, his sentencing memo says, when he "decided to sacrifice all that he had worked for" for acts of corruption.
Development of Common Data Elements (CDEs) involves the creation of a distinct readable phrase or sentence associated with a data element within a data dictionary.
One influential theoretical account suggests that sentence repetition taps a distinct memory system which is 'uniquely linked with language skills' (Alloway & Gathercole, 2005b, p. 279).
Phil Singer, Mrs. Clinton's campaign press secretary, said the political death sentences came from a distinct opinionated group.
It marks a distinct shift in style, though, from the dense, discursive sentences that characterise the Frank Bascombe trilogy – The Sportswriter, Independence Day and The Lay of the Land.
