Example sentences of "is [verb] [prep] some [num] " 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 | The interface is stabilized by some 400 2 of total buried surface area , much less than the 880 2 buried in the more intimate association of CD4(D1D2) . |
| 3 | It is supplemented by some 800 loaves of bread , 400lb of porridge oats , 150 Christmas puddings and about 2,000 mince pies . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Brilliantly presented and documented , the report argues that BSL , used by about fifty thousand deaf people , should be accorded the status of a minority language like Welsh , which is used by some five hundred thousand Welshmen , and Scots Gaelic , used by some eighty thousand Scots . |
| 6 | This means that the figure for the average performance ( at the bottom of the table ) is based on some 7,500 words of text . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Each neurone is linked by some 10,000 synapses . |
| 9 | The average Spanish farm is divided into some 11 pieces and as high as 26 in Douro region . |
| 10 | Unilever operates world wide and is divided into some 500 operating companies . |