Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [adj] a [noun sg] is " in BNC.

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1 Few standard conveyancing textbooks mention , let alone discuss , the covenant implied in a conveyance made under " an order of the court " and there is a suggestion by reason of the heading to Part VI that such a covenant is only to be used where the court orders a conveyance on behalf of a person suffering under a disability .
2 In the absence of non-gravitational forces the second law describes a body in free fall and we show in Section 6.5 that such a path is a geodesic in space–time .
3 Ten and six a week is a deal of money , indeed it is , do n't you think ? ’
4 Even now , two or three a day is all she needs .
5 By the age of thirty or thirty-five a woman is old and exhausted , her body bloated , her face showing the pain and suffering of her life .
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