Example sentences of "is some [num] [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The weak force is some thousand times weaker than the electromagnetic force , and 100 000 times more feeble than the strong nuclear force . |
| 2 | It is , for example , little use when recording a chemical spill into an Egyptian river to have entered into the appropriate field ‘ the Nile ’ — after all , this river is some 6480 km long ! |
| 3 | Well I do n't know the exact date but I believe this house is some thirty years old , so it was built about nineteen fifty three , fifty two , fifty three |
| 4 | The slate is some 4 kilometres thick , and comprises submillimetric two-laminae couplets of fine siltstone and silty mudstone . |
| 5 | My colleagues and I actually take no pleasure in agreeing to a rent increase which results in the highest public sector rates among our neighbouring districts er it is some eighteen percent higher than the average of eight local councils . |
| 6 | Comparison with the Raman spectrum of the gas shows that the strong Raman band in this region is some 20 cm -1 lower in frequency than the observed IR band . |
| 7 | There are local golf courses at Staverton and Farthingstone , and the Silverstone Motor Racing Circuit is some 15 miles distant . |
| 8 | The poem is some 5500 tines long , but the first 2000 are Hoccleve 's personal introduction , purporting to explain how he came to write the rest . |
| 9 | It was so different even the weir had been removed which means the river at this point is some three feet shallower than when I last fished it . |
| 10 | It is some three centuries old and commemorates three individuals , two men and a woman , who died in the sectarian ‘ killing times ’ of this period . |
| 11 | It is some ten miles wide at Yakutsk , where we landed for re-fuelling . |
| 12 | The ornamental fountain is some 6 feet tall and carved from marble . |