Example sentences of "scatter on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a rough approximation the Earth 's present magnetic field can be represented by a regular dipolar pattern ( similar to that produced when a bar magnet is held beneath iron filings scattered on a sheet of paper ) . |
| 2 | There are similar pieces of paving stone scattered on a portion of your boatyard property . ’ |
| 3 | His ashes were scattered on the course and his bonds given to the Club . |
| 4 | Threads were scattered on the surface and flour and sand trodden in to simulate dust and grit ( a major cause of wear ) and the cleaner 's overall efficiency was recorded . |
| 5 | Opposite the Philadelphia was an almost perfect Roman amphitheatre ; other Roman ruins lay scattered on the hills , barely investigated by the experts . |
| 6 | It 's near a place called Hackballs Cross , a nothing place , a couple of houses scattered on the map . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Gandhi 's ashes were scattered on the waters of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers at Allahabad on May 28 in a ceremony that marked the end of the funeral service . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling . |
| 11 | Coffin-plates , elm-chips , bright-headed nails , and shreds of black cloth , lay scattered on the floor ; and the wall behind the counter was ornamented with a lively representation of two mutes in very stiff neckcloths , on duty at a large private door , with a hearse drawn by four black steeds , approaching in the distance . |
| 12 | Sheet music was open on a stand , ‘ The Isle of Capri ’ ; there was more scattered on the floor . |
| 13 | The ash will be scattered on the floor throughout the hospital . |
| 14 | Several fine enamelled objects were found scattered on the floor , either representing part of his stock or else intended for scrap . |
| 15 | Here she was , buck-naked , in her bathroom with an equally undressed man , with twenty thousand dollars ' worth of jewellery scattered on the floor between them . |
| 16 | Relics of the lead-mining and smelting industry are scattered on the moors in the vicinity . |
| 17 | I glanced at my purse in her lap and the coins scattered on the bed beside her . |
| 18 | It had been shattered along with the glass tank , the debris of which lay scattered on the carpet . |
| 19 | The body is a light brown with light red flecks scattered on the body and fins . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Other columns lay scattered on the grass , and yet there was still such perfect grace and beauty to the place that Caroline felt her throat constrict . |
| 22 | Passengers ' baggage had spilled out of the hold and burst suitcases , charred books , swimming costumes and tubes of sun tan cream were scattered on the ground . |
| 23 | The shackles , the whip and the hoe , these emblems of slavery , lie broken and scattered on the ground ; while the plough , the sickle and the flail , emblematical of improved and free labour are conspicuously displayed . |
| 24 | Looking around , his glance fell on the twigs scattered on the ground where Cassowary had thrown them . |
| 25 | A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry . |
| 26 | She glanced over the assortment of floats and lead shot scattered on the ground beside him . |
| 27 | When she had finished , she went to the mirror , took off her glasses , and fixed on two strips of the false eyelashes that Gloria had left scattered on the table . |
| 28 | The empty alejacks scattered on the table before him made the coroner look like an angry Bacchus surrounded by votive offerings . |
| 29 | Colour the desiccated coconut with a little green food colouring and scatter on the cake drum around the toadstool , securing on to a thin layer of royal icing if preferred . |
| 30 | In this period , the recognition of early flint scatters on the uplands or the coast , or the location of a settlement site , whether in a cave or not , can rarely be divorced from other contemporary sites in the vicinity , even if widely separated . |