Example sentences of "are scattered [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most Croatian Serbs do not live in Krajina but are scattered through the republic . |
| 2 | There is a statue of I.K. Brunel in the new town centre at Swindon ( q.v. ) and another on London 's Victoria Embankment , but his real monuments are the great engineering works still in use which are scattered through this book . |
| 3 | Similar cases are scattered through the records . |
| 4 | Now they are scattered through every town and village , families founded on ice cream and fish and chips . |
| 5 | Ancient castles , burial chambers , ruins and churches are scattered over the area , highlighting the rich cultural heritage and providing a contrast to the golden sands , estuaries and wooded valleys . |
| 6 | Most of these patches are subdivided , and 26 small units of DNs are scattered over a wide area . |
| 7 | The disk is round to subpentagonal ; covered with thickened skin ; no scales but granules are scattered over the surface which are more conspicuous in dried specimens ; disk diameter up to 20 mm . |
| 8 | Small granules are scattered over the surface some developed into low spinelets . |
| 9 | Valleys in the Yorkshire Dales are scattered with dozens of these field barns , virtually all disused . |
| 10 | Our Christmas party sweaters for big and little girls are scattered with all the motifs of the season and what could be more delightful than Wendy Phillips ' teddies , kissing under the mistletoe ? |
| 11 | Backing up street-style jargon , the songs are scattered with moans , sirens , loops of gunshots or machine guns , and other street sounds which reinforce the authenticity of the subject matter . |
| 12 | His letters of 1871 are scattered with remarks pointing up the contrast : on the one side " our German mission " and " old Germanic health " , on the other " that fatal anti-cultural Prussia " and " our whole threadbare culture " . |
| 13 | But the works on paper are scattered with other goings-on — like contemporary creations of Hieronymus Bosch — we see mermaids cruelly trying to drown Wendy ; ghosts , demons and men with hollow eyes pursuing the children . |
| 14 | Astrological charts , a couple of crystal balls on oddly clawed stands , litters of long-decayed scrolls , and similar items are scattered about the floor , on a couple of tables , and on stands . |
| 15 | A few small green leaves are scattered about the bottom of the cupboard … |
| 16 | Possibly in nature the eggs are scattered at the surface of the sea among minute plankton which serves as food for the fry and the almost freshwater in the spawning aquarium was a contributing factor to the loss of the fry . |
| 17 | This is a good foraging tactic when the bacteria , their food , are scattered at random . |
| 18 | Relics of the lead-mining and smelting industry are scattered on the moors in the vicinity . |
| 19 | Sulphur fins are attached to sapphire bodies , orange spots are scattered on a sage-green flank , chocolate-brown scales are individually rimmed with peacock blue , tails are patterned like archery targets with a golden centre surrounded by outers of scarlet , black and white . |
| 20 | The rounds are scattered on the kitchen table , and I 'm moving the pistol from hand to hand like I was kneading a blob of putty . |
| 21 | Old bicycles and a long-disused pram are scattered across the muddy front yard . |
| 22 | They can occur associated with ridge and furrow and village earthworks , but they are more widespread on upland areas like Dartmoor , where hundreds of them are scattered across the upland pasture . |
| 23 | A few coins — 6 Marienburg Guilders , 2 Imperial Crowns , 14 Imperial Shillings and a solitary Bretonnian Penny — are scattered amongst the filth . |
| 24 | Other firms engaged in merchant banking are scattered among the categories of ‘ foreign ’ , ‘ other British ’ and ‘ consortium ’ banks . |
| 25 | Among the range of paintings adorning her home , recent works by people like Duncan Shanks are scattered among the woodcuts of her late husband and earlier favourites like DY Cameron . |
| 26 | Something like 4m people who speak Greek , or think of themselves as Greek , are scattered around the world . |
| 27 | Imagine a polyglot College Art Association conference whose concurrent sessions are scattered around town for an entire week , and you will have some idea of the confusion that enveloped the event . |
| 28 | The makings of a quite substantial tomato salad mystique are scattered around waiting to be gathered up by some enterprising buyer who will get the produce flown in from Barcelona or Marseilles , Naples , Valencia or even possibly from Portugal , where the tomatoes are as good and plentiful as anywhere in Mediterranean lands . |
| 29 | The police are scattered around the area with several pairs of squad cars and at least three Black Marias . |
| 30 | Zack must find his tools which are scattered around the factory . |