In a sentence vs on a sentence

The correct phrase is 'in a sentence.' 'On a sentence' is not a common or correct construction in English. 'In a sentence' is the appropriate preposition to use when referring to the content or context contained within a sentence.

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In a sentence

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'in a sentence' when you want to refer to something that is contained within a sentence or to provide an example within a sentence.

Examples:

Can you summarize the main idea in a sentence?
She managed to convey her emotions in a sentence.
In a sentence, describe your favorite book.
The answer can be found in a sentence in the second paragraph.
Please include the key points in a sentence.

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AVATAR - SPOILER FREE REVIEW In a sentence: it's a good science fiction movie.
In a sentence, the new website?
"You can't write down what we do in a sentence," Zuniga told Mac.
Some languages need several negative words in a sentence in order for it to make sense, but in English, not only is this wrong, but it can reverse the meaning.
In a sentence: a Pattern is a proven solution to a recurring problem in a specific context.
In a sentence, if the critic to the system has got as only perspective the same system, it becomes always functional only to its maintenance and to its reproduction.
In a sentence, a "Linux distribution" is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, the GNU tools and an assorted collection of free software, from various sources.
Such a sentence using the verb كَانَ ("This writer was famous") would be formed as follows (read from right to left): In a sentence with an explicit verb, the sister of kāna marks aspect for the actual verb.
The basis of all morality in a sentence.
And then maybe use it in a sentence.
Try putting that in a sentence.
Good luck using that in a sentence.
Good luck using that in a sentence.
The past 30 years in a sentence.
I used 'existentialist' in a sentence.
Compound words, when they exist freely in a sentence, are often written separately.
One word in a sentence worth 5 Points bila kalimatnya Benar.
An example link in a sentence.
All the bad words used in a sentence.
Okay, now you have to give an example of it in a sentence.

on a sentence

This phrase is not commonly used in English and is not correct.

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Click on a sentence in English to listen to it.
So, it's about the size of a little period on a sentence.
It was a punctuation mark on a sentence that had already been written.
The requests consist of a sentence starter and a picture of the desired activity or item on a sentence strip.
Choose a machine translation qualifier which finds the best translation for your case every time on a sentence level.
Levi on the sequence of the "Shema'" and prayer, based on a sentence in this baraita ("the 'Shema' is read: prayer is offered"), together with a discussion devoted chiefly to exegetic inferences.
The Croatian Constitutional Court revoked the final verdict of the Croatian Supreme Court on a sentence of prison to Glavaš for war crimes and demanded that the procedure be repeated.
And what you're looking at with this namibiensis is the biggest bacteria we've ever seen. So, it's about the size of a little period on a sentence.
So, it's about the size of a little period on a sentence.
For example, the Court of Human Rights had to produce a sentence on a request of assisted suicide by a British woman in 2003.
These facts should have lead to a retrial, but this case confirms that no court, be it American or European, will easily reopen a trial on which a sentence has already been passed.
This means that on recurring a sentence or a court order, these will not be executed until the resort is resolved. (the execution is suspended).
We all want foreign words to come out of our mouth easily, without any effort and without spending a few minutes on building a sentence.
So before his death, he took a white stone to the River Nile and engraved on it a sentence which summarizes all the power of the Egyptian magic.
Give me something, and maybe Neal skates on a light sentence.
Nate's already on a suspended sentence.
All right, Rodney served five years on a life sentence.
Heart valve transplant, could barely finish a sentence on the phone.
A volunteer would write a sentence on the chalkboard, and the other students had to guess whether it was a truth or a lie.
What I propose to do now is pass a sentence on you of life imprisonment.

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