Example sentences of "scattered [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Only between twenty and thirty guests were left and they were scattered about the gardens like so much confetti .
2 Paper streamers like coiled fuses were scattered between the plates and wine bottles .
3 Barron never achieved the major work on heraldry for which his friends hoped ; his learning is scattered through the pages of the Ancestor and the Victoria County Histories .
4 Similar cases are scattered through the records .
5 The papers scattered through the contents of the Quaker Oats box have not come from the Unit 's files .
6 He had been killed instantly along with two other Commandos who were close by at the time , their remains scattered through the trees .
7 This was done by looking at the spectrum of laser light scattered off the electrons in the plasma .
8 Charles Maclaren used to run his fishing course there and a devoted band of anglers return each year to battle with salmon and sea-trout in Naver , Mallart and Loch Hope ; or to enjoy marvellous trout fishing in the lochs scattered throughout the hills .
9 Piecing together Keynes 's labour market analysis is not an easy task since the fragments are promiscuously scattered throughout the pages of the General Theory .
10 There are many other watermills scattered throughout the marshlands in addition to the wonderful Alvingham example .
11 The third level sees you walking like an Egyptian , braving the curse of the Pharaohs and cursing the tricks and traps liberally scattered throughout the tombs .
12 Accommodation is within traditionally-styled bungalows scattered throughout the grounds , all east facing to catch the superb sunrise .
13 Typical Polynesian huts are scattered throughout the grounds , each with its own lanai giving substantial views towards the ocean , and the complex has a choice of fine restaurants and bars for intimate meals or more lively evenings .
14 Burning lumps of phosphorus jelly were scattered amongst the containers , forming a foreground that was blinding .
15 They lie scattered amongst the hills and moorlands and skill using a compass and map is almost as important as skill using a fishing rod .
16 Once everyone had claimed their rooms and strewn their possessions around to secure occupancy , Star Eye scattered into the streets , leaving Leila and Ari alone with Nathan .
17 A nearby tray was furnished with a mug and a large plate scattered with the crumbs of a large slice of cake .
18 It would have been expecting too much to imagine that the once-mighty ‘ Hitler myth ’ might disappear overnight in 1945 , disintegrating along with the mortal remains of the Führer himself and being scattered with the ashes of the Third Reich .
19 The village is called Croysant le Wold ; it 's a lost village , more or less — there are a lot of lost villages scattered round the feet of these hills , no more than a grange and a church still standing .
20 The figs are widely scattered in the forests , however , so a troop ranges over much more ground than does one of brown capuchins .
21 Scattered over the hills
22 Opposite the Philadelphia was an almost perfect Roman amphitheatre ; other Roman ruins lay scattered on the hills , barely investigated by the experts .
23 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 .
24 Relics of the lead-mining and smelting industry are scattered on the moors in the vicinity .
25 The Mambo who had sat beside Mait joined the priestesses in running for the cemetery gates , while the rest of the congregation scattered to the winds , fleeing the hail of bullets that crisscrossed the poteau mitan .
26 Too late , she tried to marshal her senses , only to find they had scattered to the winds , driven by the sudden flood of desire pulsing through her body .
27 Away to the south-west , well clear of the town , is the Plough or Great Bear — six or seven distant lights scattered among the farms around Oatrigg .
28 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 .
29 It was apparent as the light grew that the rocks which lay scattered among the trees had at one time been arranged in order .
30 Nowadays botanists divide the cycad-like plants into two major groups which may not be particularly closely related : the Cycadales , which include the living species , and the Bennettitales , an important Mesozoic group of plants which have smaller fructifications scattered among the bases of the leaves .
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