The phrase "a sentence based on" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a sentence that is derived from or influenced by a particular source or idea.
Example: "The author crafted a sentence based on the themes of love and loss present in the poem."
Alternatives: "a sentence derived from" or "a sentence inspired by".
"Primal content" refers to the interpretation we can assign to a sentence based on lexical and grammatical knowledge, broadly construed.
The right to a jury trial, the majority said, does not allow a judge to increase a sentence based on factual findings made only by the judge.
They had reached a decision on a sentence based on their "collective experience of the law and the context and stresses of operations".
A murder is a murder: there is no precedent in our legal system to increase the harshness of a sentence based on the motive for the crime.
In this case, Judge Young properly used it in imposing a sentence based on the jury's finding about a critical fact.
An Oct. 28 letter about hate-crimes legislation states, "There is no precedent in our legal system to increase the harshness of a sentence based on the motive for a crime".
More important, however -- inasmuch as we cannot know for certain what transpired during those deliberations -- is the fact that after it eliminated the first two verdict options, the remaining forms identified a choice between a death sentence based on a guilty finding on "1 of the alternatives" and a life sentence without any such finding.
It's also the only state that imposes a death sentence based on a threshold of 10 juror votes rather than a unanimous vote by all 12 jurors. .
and then go on from there". A proverb "is a short sentence based on long experience," according to Miguel de Cervantes.
Responding to Mr. Burton's appeal, Burton v. United States, No. 99-9902, the Solicitor General's office told the court that imposing a life sentence based on a factual determination by the judge was "plain error" under the Apprendi decision.
Prosecutors objected to ideas like banning a death sentence based on a single person's testimony, while death-penalty foes said the clear conclusion was to ban capital punishment.
