Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] scatter [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beam of X-rays was of course scattered by the collision , but Compton discovered that the wavelengths of some of the scattered X-rays had increased — they had lost energy . |
| 2 | The laser-Doppler anemometer measures velocity by measuring the Doppler shift of light scattered within the moving fluid . |
| 3 | ‘ The attraction of the place is that it lies spot-on a ley line — an imaginary line linking a few hunks of granite scattered around the landscape , supposed to have been put there by our ancestors for their spiritual gigs . |
| 4 | ‘ We were just taking some reciprocal photos for my kid , ’ Florian explained insouciantly as he stood up , indicating the photos of Joni scattered over the glass-topped coffee-table . |
| 5 | Here she was , buck-naked , in her bathroom with an equally undressed man , with twenty thousand dollars ' worth of jewellery scattered on the floor between them . |
| 6 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
| 7 | The photo-peak counts corresponding to the 808 keV photon energy of 5 8 Co and the 265 keV photon energy of 7 5 Se ( to correct for down scatter from the ihigher energy , 5 8 Co window into the lower energy 7 5 Se window ) were recorded from a whole body counter . |