Example sentences of "[noun pl] be scattered [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few miles from Huntspill , in the hamlet of Shurton , lived Henry Poole , a fellow student of Coleridge 's at Jesus College , and one member of a large and talented family whose various branches were scattered through a number of local villages . |
| 2 | Ancient marble columns and building blocks are scattered throughout the village , providing a doorstep here , a lintel there , or perhaps a few mooring posts . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Whereas previously the exhibition sites for the participating countries were scattered throughout the city , this year the entire show will be housed in the Feshane , a nineteenth-century fez factory which the Italian architect Gae Aulenti is converting into Istanbul 's first museum of contemporary art the Nejat Eczacibasi Museum . |
| 5 | These new powers , however , were buttressed by substantial grants of land , which led one chronicler to remark that the resources of the crown had been dissipated and a modern historian to comment rather sourly that ‘ hereditary offices and jurisdictions were scattered in a way hardly compatible either with the interests of the crown , or with sound finance ’ . |
| 6 | Possibly in nature the eggs are scattered at the surface of the sea among minute plankton which serves as food for the fry and the almost freshwater in the spawning aquarium was a contributing factor to the loss of the fry . |
| 7 | Mr Robson told Cleveland Coroner Michael Sheffield the telephone was off the hook and things were scattered around the room . |
| 8 | Astrological charts , a couple of crystal balls on oddly clawed stands , litters of long-decayed scrolls , and similar items are scattered about the floor , on a couple of tables , and on stands . |
| 9 | Rubble and bloodstained corpses were scattered across the dockside , and acrid smoke from burning oil filled the air . |
| 10 | A motley collection of tawdry items was scattered over an area at least four feet square . |
| 11 | Even so , pyramid-shaped stone bases for medium-sized double-axes survive in the Labyrinth , proving that double-axes were scattered about the building , like crucifixes in a church . |
| 12 | The police are scattered around the area with several pairs of squad cars and at least three Black Marias . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A new water tower stood sentinel and only two or three tents were scattered outside the perimeter of a newly erected wire fence . |
| 15 | Commons are scattered throughout the county , and although rights of common are fiercely defended they are rarely exercised , and many commons are returning to woodland . |
| 16 | A few small green leaves are scattered about the bottom of the cupboard … |
| 17 | Dining chairs were scattered about the room ; there was a battered filing cabinet with a bulging , open drawer next to a massive sideboard with a marble top . |
| 18 | He followed me round to the jetty where Laura 's clothes were scattered across the lawn . |
| 19 | Ancient castles , burial chambers , ruins and churches are scattered over the area , highlighting the rich cultural heritage and providing a contrast to the golden sands , estuaries and wooded valleys . |
| 20 | The disk is round to subpentagonal ; covered with thickened skin ; no scales but granules are scattered over the surface which are more conspicuous in dried specimens ; disk diameter up to 20 mm . |
| 21 | Small granules are scattered over the surface some developed into low spinelets . |
| 22 | His ashes were scattered on the course and his bonds given to the Club . |