Example sentences of "scattered [prep] an " in BNC.

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1 Bruno 's vista of an infinite plurality of star systems , scattered through an infinite universe , was unacceptable because of its relativistic implications .
2 An increasing population , particularly one scattered in an unplanned fashion throughout a region , increases substantially the cost of service provision .
3 The message Macedo carried to the villages — most of them accessible only by boat or along tortuous jungle trails and scattered over an area larger than England — was that the forest 's people should , in uniting , take control of their own destiny .
4 A motley collection of tawdry items was scattered over an area at least four feet square .
5 These estimates add up to the figures quoted earlier , namely between 28,000 and 40,000 wild Asian elephants scattered over an immense area .
6 We were treated to splendid views of distant mountains and farms scattered among an open rocky landscape .
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