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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a long prison" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to describe a lengthy duration of imprisonment, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "He felt trapped, as a long prison loomed over his future."
Alternatives: "like a lengthy sentence" or "as an extended confinement".
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Sontag has described her childhood as "a long prison sentence".
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Seemingly doomed to death, Kamo then had the good luck along with other prisoners to have his sentence commuted to a long prison term as part of the celebrations of the Romanov dynasty tricentennial in 1913.
Mr Shkreli's trail of alleged fraudulent trading and outright theft – for which, if convicted, he will surely face a long prison sentence as the rest of the world bays for blood – is nothing short of stunning.
Two years later, as his federal trial approached, with a long prison sentence looming, Mr. Rostenkowski, the veteran power broker, negotiated his last important deal, pleading guilty to two counts of mail fraud.
A. It is not known what motivated Mr. Warsame to cooperate, but his situation may be similar to those who have cooperated in more classic cases involving organized crime or white-collar crime: they see it as their only route to avoiding a long prison sentence.
As recently as January 1997, after long prison sentences had been given to two prominent dissidents, Wei Jingsheng and Wang Dan, the United States State Department declared in a report that no active dissidents remained in the country.
Once used occasionally as a short-term punishment for violating prison rules, solitary confinement's prevalent use as a long-term prison management strategy is a fairly recent development, Colin Dayan, a professor at Vanderbilt University, said in a recent Op-Ed article in The Times.
(It seems that as a prosecutor, she won long prison terms for two men who assaulted a 31-year-old nun in a neighborhood convent, and Rao's expressed its regard).
Less glamorous and keeping her body stiff, she's wearing a calf-length raincoat and flat heels and moves as drearily as if within a long-familiar prison.
Many more British people will face extradition to the US, where they will find, as Colvin puts it, "long prison sentences, horrible prison conditions and plea bargaining".
White was the third of Mattie White's six children given long prison terms as a consequence of the investigation.
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