Example sentences of "scattered [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catalonia had possessed only a small section of a textile industry scattered all over Spain but it was round Barcelona that the cotton factory made its appearance . |
| 2 | I who have no name and no body — I have slipped out from under him and am now scattered above like flakes of ash-blonde human hair . |
| 3 | " … beneath whose sable roof Of boughs , as if for festal purpose decked With unrejoicing berries — ghostly shapes May meet at noon-tide ; Fear and trembling Hope , Silence and Foresight ; Death the skeleton And Time the Shadow : — there to celebrate , As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone United Worship ; or in mute repose To lie , and listen to the mountain flood Murmuring from Glaramara 's inmost caves . " |
| 4 | Colony sites include massive quantities of highly phosphatic and nitrogenous guano , and are scattered also with feathers , food , egg membranes and the carcasses of unsuccessful chicks ( Figure 3.7 ) . |
| 5 | One of the features of change was the emergence of a unique landscape along the coast , on the riverside and in the countryside : ‘ a makeshift world of shacks and shanties , scattered unevenly in plots of varying size and shape , with unmade roads and little in the way of services ’ ( Hardy and Ward . |
| 6 | Vern made for a bench in a concrete space with trees and shrubs scattered around in pots , and sat down . |
| 7 | The leaves flew and scattered around in fragments , brushing their bodies and sticking to their wet cheeks . |
| 8 | Millions upon millions of seeds , spores , and similar reproductive bodies are annually scattered abroad in order that species may settle in new stations ; yet millions upon millions perish because they are sown in places where physical conditions or nature of the soil check their development or where other species are stronger . |