Example sentences of "is [verb] some [num] [noun] " 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 | The British government is paying about £16 million to modernise Greenham Common and Molesworth to take cruise missiles , and is contributing some 220 security guards . |
| 5 | So a car developing 30 horsepower at 60 miles an hour is releasing some 90 kW of heat continuously into the air . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | That is to say some 11–16 schools side by side with 11–18 schools . |