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

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1 Knutsford is situated some 16 miles to the south of Manchester .
2 Llyn Brenig is situated some 35 miles form Colwyn Bay , and is well worth a visit .
3 Columba , a neighbour of the giant Ninian field , is located some 105 miles east of the Shetland Islands .
4 So far it 's collected some 40 exhibitors and they 're the kind of brand names show managers love : DEC , HP , Sun , SCO , USL , UI , Unisys , NCR , Compaq , Univel and MIPS/Silicon Graphics .
5 Pyramid Technology Corp is cutting some 110 jobs , about 10% of the total , and will take a restructuring charge of between $22m and $24m against figures for its fourth quarter ended September 30 .
6 That is to say some 11–16 schools side by side with 11–18 schools .
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