1924 R. M. Ogden tr. K. Koffka v. 329 Transference from a one-word to a many-word sentence [Ger. Mehrwort Satz] is carried out.
1940 A. H. Gardiner ix. 29 In some of my many-word names (e.g. Edgar Allan Poe) the coherence of the parts is much slighter than in others.
1973 A. Quinton v. 127 Many-word sentences have to be used to guard against the misunderstandings.