Example sentences of "are [adv] scattered " in BNC.

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1 There are only some 40 dwellings in North and South Cliffe , and most are widely scattered .
2 In the light of the division between Kent and the rest of England in terms of some luxury imports , it is interesting that Evison ( ibid. ) observed that the wheel-thrown vessels found outside Kent , and which are widely scattered , have originated from different and often distinct parts of north-west Europe .
3 Most of our countries are very small and are widely scattered .
4 These records are widely scattered now , but most county record offices have collections of local rolls and estate papers and can advise on the whereabouts of others .
5 The figs are widely scattered in the forests , however , so a troop ranges over much more ground than does one of brown capuchins .
6 The remaining distilleries are widely scattered in many rural communities .
7 However , a certain number of these works are obviously scattered around the world ’ .
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 .
9 Nowadays we are so scattered about the country that it is very unlikely that any of us would have a Stainey just around the corner who could be relied upon to put up a first class polish .
10 ( a ) One solution ( which assumes such destinations are sparsely scattered within the instruction stream ) is to force instructions which are jump destinations to be on word boundaries ; this is the method used on the CDC 6600 computer .
11 Volcanoes are not scattered randomly around the world .
12 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 .
13 The data are inherently scattered , vague , and imprecise , and the data sources are many and varied .
14 The data are inherently scattered , vague and imprecise , and the data sources are many and varied .
15 Now once again lights and darks are juxtaposed arbitrarily to create a sense of shallow relief , and are evenly scattered over the entire picture surface to maintain a compositional balance .
16 The masterpieces he once owned by Leonardo , Correggio , Veronese , Rubens , Holbein , Breughel , Dürer , and Titian are now scattered among the world 's major art galleries .
17 You should have enough energy to ascend from Scarth Gap onto Haystacks which is a jumble of rocky knolls , tarns and heather , so loved by Wainwright — in fact it is here that his ashes are now scattered .
18 Another group often mentioned is agricultural workers , who are thinly scattered across the land and have had great difficulties in forming a union with political and industrial strength .
19 Among the manufacturers houses are likewise scattered an infinite number of cottages or small dwellings , in which dwell the workmen which are employed , the women and children of whom are always busy carding , spinning , &C. so that no hands being unemploy 'd , all can gain their bread , even from the youngest to the antient ; hardly any thing above four years old , but its hands are sufficient to itself …
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