Example sentences of "[was/were] scatter [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus in religious and ethnic matters , Smolensk stood somewhere between safer Kursk and insecure Finland , but numerous other areas were scattered along this spectrum between Finland and Smolensk , and between Smolensk and Kursk . |
| 2 | The rest were scattered across various parts of northern Yugoslavia , although the largest concentration had been around and to the west of Zagreb , the capital of Croatia . |
| 3 | These ‘ shaman forests ’ were scattered over dry grassland . |
| 4 | Natural resources were scattered over vast areas . |
| 5 | Many were scattered over separate sites . |
| 6 | The meadows were scattered with wild flowers some of which I did not recognise . |
| 7 | His sister was a member of an Order in Scotland and his five brothers , all senior to him , were scattered in various parts of Britain and America , and so the little village had nothing left to hold him . |
| 8 | From the Outdoor Pursuits Centre at the end of a lane , several footpaths and sheep tracks meander up the rock-strewn hill , which was scattered with blooming thickets or scrambled egg-yellow gorse swaying in the wind . |