def split_sentences(text):
 sentence_delimiters = re.compile(u'[.!?,;: DCTB \\\\"\\(\\)\\\'\u2019\u2013]|\\s\\-\\s')
 sentences = sentence_delimiters.split(text)
 return sentences

def split_sentences ( text ) : sentence_delimiters = re . compile ( u'[.!?,;: DCTB \\\\"\\(\\)\\\'\u2019\u2013]|\\s\\-\\s' ) sentences = sentence_delimiters . split ( text ) return sentences
utility function to return a list of sentences .