Example sentences of "[noun pl] dotted around the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horses that the count reared were also in evidence , some actually in the railed compounds dotted around the place , and beyond , towards the mountains , Maggie could see well-fenced fields with white and grey horses roaming peacefully . |
| 2 | After two days of almost non-stop rain , the first day was washed out completely , since the lakes dotted around the ground were not thought to be conducive to good cricket . |
| 3 | This is a reference to the many mausoleums dotted around the course . |
| 4 | We have five decentralized offices dotted around the City , which are all very well . |
| 5 | A very lazy way to spend a day in the sun , is to buy a ‘ day ’ ticket , and hop on and off the boats and in and out of the many cafes and restaurants dotted around the lake . |
| 6 | On the earth floors of the leaking , palm-thatched barrack huts dotted around the vast plantation , fifteen hundred Annamite coolies who would resume the unending toil of emptying the little tin cups in the gray light of the coming dawn shivered and drowsed fitfully in the downpour . |
| 7 | Perhaps even more surprising is that there are further 30 plus Spitfires dotted around the world , on the stocks and in private hands , proceeding at various rates towards flying status . |
| 8 | With these qualities , the Mughal gardens dotted around the subcontinent are as alien to the Indian environment as the Brighton Pavilion is to the English south coast , or the Chinese Pagoda to Kew . |
| 9 | There are now more than 30 international offshore financial centres dotted around the world . |
| 10 | But the best public art ( as Venice proves ) is architectural art , the enrichment of buildings at which the Victorians excelled rather than extraneous pieces of sculpture and other items dotted around the streets . |
| 11 | The figures for the breeder stations alone would have meant about 250 large reactors dotted around the British Isles . |
| 12 | Fortunately the Chapter House intervenes and is so tall it not only screens the full height of the iron ladder but also one of the half dozen hatches dotted around the parapet which lead directly into the roof-space . |
| 13 | Sweetheart sighed heavily as the final credits faded and the lights brightened to reveal only a handful of patrons dotted around the cinema . |
| 14 | Thousands of objects have been put into storage at three locations dotted around the borough because the council has nowhere to display them . |