The phrase "a standard sentence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a typical or commonly accepted sentence structure or formulation in language.
Example: "In academic writing, it is important to start with a standard sentence that clearly states your thesis."
Alternatives: "a typical sentence" or "a conventional sentence".
The researchers measured the average voice pitch of 113 heterosexual female undergraduates as they spoke vowel sounds, read a standard sentence and a standard passage of text.
Automated systems now work very well some banks rely on them to identify their clients but only if you clearly speak a standard sentence into a microphone.
If it takes that long to add two words to a standard sentence on one website, how long will it take to get ENDA passed?
The jury was left to choose between sentencing him to a standard life sentence, with the chance (though hardly the likelihood) of parole after twenty years, and the much harsher sentence that he has now received — under the legal circumstances, the harshest sentence the jury could impose.
The tough laws meant anyone associated with a bikie gang who committed a crime would receive a further 15 years mandatory imprisonment on top of the standard sentence imposed on an ordinary citizen for a particular crime.
As the robot responded to a limited number of oral commands, participants received a sheet on which the standard sentence to pronounce was written.
Searle does not claim that the standard sentence types are force indicating devices (but speculates that a representation of illocutionary type would be part of the syntactic deep structure).
That is the standard sentence for defamation.
The standard sentence for "washing the shame" is six months.
The 34-year-old faces the standard sentence of six years and eight months for trafficking any amount of cocaine under 10kg.
The standard sentence for those crimes is six years, he said.
