Example sentences of "scattered [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Since their receptive fields are scattered all over the visual field the rabbit 's brain is kept well-informed about movements all around it . |
2 | Until the move in the 1860s to a new building with adequate space , it was dispersed on shelves scattered all over the old one , with the books crowded three rows deep on the shelves so that only those in the front row were visible , and no catalogue of it existed . |
3 | In some cases , devitrification begins at centres scattered regularly throughout the whole mass , and this can produce very attractive effects . |
4 | He also strove staunchly to strengthen relations between the Poles living in Poland and those scattered abroad in the 13-million-strong Polish diaspora — links which had been almost destroyed during the Cold War period by Communist authorities , oblivious to their potential value to both sides . |
5 | It did not surprise Hugh to see that the stack had been scattered abroad from the original untidy pile dumped thus , and most of the seasoned timber removed , leaving the flattened bushes plain to be seen . |