Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] some [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 However , if the shock is delayed until some ten minutes after training , memory is not disrupted , and the chicks will avoid the bead .
2 It is supplemented by some 800 loaves of bread , 400lb of porridge oats , 150 Christmas puddings and about 2,000 mince pies .
3 The CT2 standard is used in some 20 countries , but AT&T says it has no immediate plans to market the telephones in the US , because the Federal Communications Commission has not approved CT2 phones for use in the US .
4 This means that the figure for the average performance ( at the bottom of the table ) is based on some 7,500 words of text .
5 The field has already produced 650,000 barrels of oil and production is continuing at some 5,000 barrels a day — an excellent result , says Central Region production manager Mike Sigsworth .
6 Each neurone is linked by some 10,000 synapses .
7 The average Spanish farm is divided into some 11 pieces and as high as 26 in Douro region .
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