Example sentences of "are scattered [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A jetpack that allows our hero to fly , and a pair of bionic legs that give Steg the power to leap tall buildings with a single bound and super-slug speed-ups are scattered around . |
| 2 | Included is the devastating Golden Gun , the pieces of which ( five in all ) are scattered around . |
| 3 | Small cafes and restaurants ring the quayside ; grocery and hardware shops are scattered around . |
| 4 | The basins are scattered over 20,000 square miles and fed by underground rivers which extend through Nevada , Utah and California . |
| 5 | Similar disasters are scattered piecemeal all over Britain , on bomb sites and over the slums they were built to clear . |
| 6 | Colony sites include massive quantities of highly phosphatic and nitrogenous guano , and are scattered also with feathers , food , egg membranes and the carcasses of unsuccessful chicks ( Figure 3.7 ) . |
| 7 | The analysis of such accidents is also bedevilled by the fact that they are scattered widely through residential areas , with few clusters or ‘ black-spots ’ in evidence . |
| 8 | ( The abacus beads are scattered randomly on the wires of the abacus . ) |
| 9 | Families are like constellations of stars : we see each one as an entity , because they make some recognisable design , yet the individual stars are scattered all over the universe , apart . |
| 10 | The teaching faculties and administrative offices are scattered all over the city but , forming a wonderful backdrop to King 's Parade , stands the Senate House . |
| 11 | The first 20 live closest to the hospital that is to do the transplant , the next 20 are somewhat further afield and the remainder are scattered all over the country . |
| 12 | In more recent times , the present owners turned the old peasants ' houses , which are scattered all over the estate , into pleasant apartments . |
| 13 | Since their receptive fields are scattered all over the visual field the rabbit 's brain is kept well-informed about movements all around it . |
| 14 | The lifts are scattered about , and each one serves only selected floors . |
| 15 | The best site is about a mile and a half north-west of Coniston village in the upper valley of Church Beck , where there is a Youth Hostel , but many other disused sites are scattered about . |
| 16 | At the far end a number of tools , harnesses , tack and the like are scattered about — one harness still in good repair . |
| 17 | Empty black plastic sacks are scattered about , together with piles of crumpled brown paper . |
| 18 | Capture the feeling of the city from the network of canals which thread their way through the city , visit some of the hundreds of temples which are scattered everywhere , and do n't miss the bustling floating markets . |