Example sentences of "scattered on [art] " in BNC.

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1 There are similar pieces of paving stone scattered on a portion of your boatyard property . ’
2 The room had black leather armchairs and couches scattered on a wall-to-wall pink carpet .
3 Sulphur fins are attached to sapphire bodies , orange spots are scattered on a sage-green flank , chocolate-brown scales are individually rimmed with peacock blue , tails are patterned like archery targets with a golden centre surrounded by outers of scarlet , black and white .
4 Scattered on a coastal ridge ,
5 As a rough approximation the Earth 's present magnetic field can be represented by a regular dipolar pattern ( similar to that produced when a bar magnet is held beneath iron filings scattered on a sheet of paper ) .
6 His ashes were scattered on the course and his bonds given to the Club .
7 Opposite the Philadelphia was an almost perfect Roman amphitheatre ; other Roman ruins lay scattered on the hills , barely investigated by the experts .
8 When she had finished , she went to the mirror , took off her glasses , and fixed on two strips of the false eyelashes that Gloria had left scattered on the table .
9 Relics of the lead-mining and smelting industry are scattered on the moors in the vicinity .
10 Memories died : and the dead dogs ' bones , picked bare by the vultures , had been scattered on the shingle or swept into the river now flooded with melted mountain snow .
11 The body is a light brown with light red flecks scattered on the body and fins .
12 Passengers ' baggage had spilled out of the hold and burst suitcases , charred books , swimming costumes and tubes of sun tan cream were scattered on the ground .
13 If I had been asked to decorate a flat to reflect McIllvanney 's character then I would have given him an East Belfast bar with sawdust scattered on the floor , King Billy strutting on the walls , and blood splattered across its tobacco-stained ceiling .
14 Coffin-plates , elm-chips , bright-headed nails , and shreds of black cloth , lay scattered on the floor ; and the wall behind the counter was ornamented with a lively representation of two mutes in very stiff neckcloths , on duty at a large private door , with a hearse drawn by four black steeds , approaching in the distance .
15 It had been shattered along with the glass tank , the debris of which lay scattered on the carpet .
16 The shackles , the whip and the hoe , these emblems of slavery , lie broken and scattered on the ground ; while the plough , the sickle and the flail , emblematical of improved and free labour are conspicuously displayed .
17 All the rags of newspapers , that a mob will scatter , seemed to have been scattered on the sea and then danced and trodden on till mess was everywhere .
18 Threads were scattered on the surface and flour and sand trodden in to simulate dust and grit ( a major cause of wear ) and the cleaner 's overall efficiency was recorded .
19 Sheet music was open on a stand , ‘ The Isle of Capri ’ ; there was more scattered on the floor .
20 The ash will be scattered on the floor throughout the hospital .
21 Looking around , his glance fell on the twigs scattered on the ground where Cassowary had thrown them .
22 A few sections of rail were lying on the bottom , several more were scattered on the ground and one was propped against the end of the trailer as if whoever had been in the act of loading or unloading had abandoned it in a hurry .
23 Several fine enamelled objects were found scattered on the floor , either representing part of his stock or else intended for scrap .
24 The rounds are scattered on the kitchen table , and I 'm moving the pistol from hand to hand like I was kneading a blob of putty .
25 I glanced at my purse in her lap and the coins scattered on the bed beside her .
26 She glanced over the assortment of floats and lead shot scattered on the ground beside him .
27 Today , eighty women sit scattered on the brownish-grey stony ground .
28 He leaned forward to retrieve one of the ejected cartridges now scattered on the tiled floor around his feet .
29 Gandhi 's ashes were scattered on the waters of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers at Allahabad on May 28 in a ceremony that marked the end of the funeral service .
30 It 's near a place called Hackballs Cross , a nothing place , a couple of houses scattered on the map .
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