Example sentences of "is some [num] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new novel is some 500 pages of a thriller starring a lecherous literary journalist , a young Cyril Connolly as it were , making his way in London . |
| 2 | The local relief is relatively subdued but the mean elevation is some 5000 m with isolated masses of probable volcanic origin rising to between 6000 and 7000 m ; the Tibetan Plateau is thus by far the highest plateau of significant extent on the Earth 's surface . |
| 3 | It lies on the eastern edge of the Ruhr coalfield and is some fifteen miles from the Möhne Dam , one of the targets of the famous ‘ Dambusters ’ raid . |
| 4 | The current well is some four kilometres to the north-west of this discovery . |
| 5 | Greve in Chianti is some 18 miles from the city — a town where the houses smile out at you above colourful balconies brimming with geranium pots . |
| 6 | It is best to mount the camera on a tripod so that the lens is some two inches above the spawning stone and the camera is placed such that the field of view is sufficiently large to capture both fish during spawning . |
| 7 | Caniçal is some nine kilometres beyond Machico . |
| 8 | The appendix is some 60 pages in itself and includes details of Windows technical support and Compuserve , Windows Information Resources and a very detailed Index . |