Example sentences of "scattered [prep] [art] countryside " in BNC.

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1 A population concentrated in cities was more accessible to the influence of new ideological trends than a population scattered through the countryside .
2 This is not too difficult to understand for the ‘ second agricultural revolution ’ has brought about a drastic decline in the number of agricultural workers since the war and has left those who remain more isolated and scattered throughout the countryside as a result .
3 My count at the moment , I reckon we 've got scattered round the countryside , ten thousand .
4 The houses , scattered in the countryside , looked enormous , like fortresses , with large barns and farmyards attached to them , and all the buildings were an ochre colour which made them very beautiful in the evening sunshine .
5 Excursions all around the Vorarlberg are worthwhile to see all the fantastic scenery , and the many ancient villages , castles and churches scattered over the countryside .
6 Six years later a papal envoy passing the city reported scarcely two hundred houses still standing , with human bones scattered across the countryside .
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