Example sentences of "be scatter [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has one of them , the remaining four having been scattered over the planet for security . |
| 2 | All the rags of newspapers , that a mob will scatter , seemed to have been scattered on the sea and then danced and trodden on till mess was everywhere . |
| 3 | Memories died : and the dead dogs ' bones , picked bare by the vultures , had been scattered on the shingle or swept into the river now flooded with melted mountain snow . |
| 4 | Alexei scuffed his heel through the tan which had been scattered across the clay . |
| 5 | Hereabouts , Beryl Love 's ashes must have been scattered beneath a rose bush , though he knew better than to think Ernie might have invested in a memorial plaque . |
| 6 | To the sensor it appears that all the energy has been reflected from point P on the ground whereas , in fact , it has not , because some has been scattered within the atmosphere and has never reached the ground at all . |
| 7 | It resembles a schoolboy 's notes which have been scattered in the wind and hastily gathered together again with some pages missing and others out of sequence . |
| 8 | to display related aspects of a subject which have been scattered by the order of subjects chosen in the main classified order . |
| 9 | Now they are scattered through every town and village , families founded on ice cream and fish and chips . |
| 10 | Similar cases are scattered through the records . |
| 11 | Most Croatian Serbs do not live in Krajina but are scattered through the republic . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Small granules are scattered over the surface some developed into low spinelets . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A few small green leaves are scattered about the bottom of the cupboard … |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Relics of the lead-mining and smelting industry are scattered on the moors in the vicinity . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | A few coins — 6 Marienburg Guilders , 2 Imperial Crowns , 14 Imperial Shillings and a solitary Bretonnian Penny — are scattered amongst the filth . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Other firms engaged in merchant banking are scattered among the categories of ‘ foreign ’ , ‘ other British ’ and ‘ consortium ’ banks . |
| 24 | Zack must find his tools which are scattered around the factory . |
| 25 | Something like 4m people who speak Greek , or think of themselves as Greek , are scattered around the world . |
| 26 | The police are scattered around the area with several pairs of squad cars and at least three Black Marias . |
| 27 | Radar is a technique whereby an object is investigated by beaming at it a short pulse of radio waves some of which are scattered by the object and picked up by a detector . |
| 28 | Similar bureaux — although far too few of them — are scattered throughout the country , and their addresses are on page 149 . |
| 29 | These are scattered throughout the country and include most of the variety of habitats in Japan . |
| 30 | Over eighty-five per cent of these are scattered throughout the country in small villages and hamlets . |