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 . |