Example sentences of "scattered in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of these , in West Malaysia , two species roost singly in trees and ny short distances to feed upon trees which produce a few flowers all year round , and the third , Eonycteris spelaea , roosts , in large colonies in caves and can ny up to at least 35km from them to feed and take food from a wide range of flowers scattered in space and time . |
| 2 | It has declined in number to around 20,000 , scattered in colonies across the country . |
| 3 | They were scattered in panic by the Nez Perce warriors ' fierce fire . |
| 4 | The photographers scattered in panic as the bodyguard made a grab for the gunman . |
| 5 | Haitians of all political persuasions scattered in panic when the first shells , and even cannonballs , began to hit . |
| 6 | Practical problems were caused for parliamentarians by the fact that Community bodies were scattered in Strasbourg , Luxembourg and Brussels . |
| 7 | ‘ We are only doing our duty , gentlemen ’ — and returning to find books and food and clothes scattered in chaos on the floor . |
| 8 | ( Note that waves scattered in directions other than back towards the source have been omitted , and that the transmitted pulse would cover the whole planet . ) |
| 9 | All sorts of debris was scattered in profusion . |
| 10 | Beneath the substantial merchants were a numerous class of artisans , scattered in towns and villages all over Spain . |
| 11 | But my strongest surviving impression is of a large team of teachers , several of them coming specifically to Banbury to undertake this work and now scattered in headships across the country , determined to carry change through — not because it was imposed by politicians or bureaucrats , but because they believed it to be right and wanted it to work well . |
| 12 | The stars were scattered in fragments across the sky . |
| 13 | An amputee , she could not yet accustom herself to what was lost and gone , lost as her parents scattered in fragments over the Nevada desert . |
| 14 | Dazzled , shielding their faces , the gang of men scattered in disorder . |
| 15 | At the same time I thought how few people , apart from Eliot , could have sat and telephoned from that desk : meanwhile , reflecting that it were more proper to appear to be contemplating the exterior than to be glancing at Eliot 's papers scattered in front of me . |
| 16 | The original plaster lay scattered in pieces on his death , it not being clear just how Rodin would have wanted it pieced together . |
| 17 | F. Rows of terraced houses , like those in the photograph , are scattered in places in the hills . |