Example sentences of "[noun] scattered [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Now that America and its European partners have said they will concentrate on protecting ‘ safe areas ’ in Bosnia , the Muslims are left in a kind of Balkan version of KwaZulu , the most fragmented of the black homelands scattered across the map of South Africa . |
2 | It 's near a place called Hackballs Cross , a nothing place , a couple of houses scattered on the map . |
3 | I later discovered that the area was one of those settled by the original Spanish conquistadores in the 1560s ; by 1980 , Loreto itself , still largely cut off from the outside world , consisted only of a church , a school and five houses , although there were many more Indian families in houses scattered through the surrounding forest . |
4 | Where interviewers are centrally grouped they can be called together for a briefing session , when any queries can be raised and dealt with on the spot , but where large organizations have interviewers scattered about the country this may be a counsel of perfection , although peripatetic fieldwork supervisors do invaluable work in this as well as other areas . |
5 | To make matters worse , all the inventions are hidden in the various objects scattered around the cave system , so you 'll need all your wits about you if you 're to do it . |
6 | The beam of X-rays was of course scattered by the collision , but Compton discovered that the wavelengths of some of the scattered X-rays had increased — they had lost energy . |
7 | I glanced at my purse in her lap and the coins scattered on the bed beside her . |
8 | With estates scattered across the country and freedom from episcopal and royal jurisdiction , its mitred abbot was one of the great barons of England . |
9 | Each household was given a number of strips scattered between the desirable and less desirable fields . |
10 | She found him sitting up in bed , a score of his medical texts and notes scattered across the heavy coverlet . |
11 | To make matters worse the dopey director 's gone on holiday leaving the studios in right two-and-eight , with scripts scattered to the four winds , disgruntled stars stuck in the middle of filming and a very depressed receptionist sitting around doing nothing . |
12 | In 1914 there were several German warships scattered throughout the Atlantic and Pacific oceans . |
13 | There are simple spinelets scattered over the dorsal surface of the disk although they are often rubbed off in preserved specimens . |
14 | She could see twigs scattered along the lane for as far as the car 's headlights reached . |
15 | Looking around , his glance fell on the twigs scattered on the ground where Cassowary had thrown them . |
16 | There are also some decorative arts scattered around the museum , and one wishes there were more . |
17 | There appears to have been a substantial number of ‘ rank and file ’ supporters scattered across the whole of both Galilee and Judaea . |
18 | Juggling three phones at once , she attempted to concentrate on placing and receiving orders from clients scattered across the world . |
19 | When I looked carefully I could see lots of orange fragments scattered over the sodden grass and glistening brown earth of the field . |
20 | The Territorial Army recruits have spent only fourteen days in Guildford , having travelled from their units scattered throughout the United Kingdom . |
21 | There were a few guards scattered to the side of the road , all armed , no more than six or seven as far as Adam could make out . |
22 | This was done by looking at the spectrum of laser light scattered off the electrons in the plasma . |
23 | The laser-Doppler anemometer measures velocity by measuring the Doppler shift of light scattered within the moving fluid . |
24 | They were on the phone for an hour , not really speaking , a few words scattered among the silence . |
25 | As I spoke to Chauvet and several other Commandos scattered around the orchard , I was impressed by their determination to stay here in France , no matter what . |
26 | She did literally now , ever since that turn she 'd had a few months ago ; frightened of the stairs , the climb when the lifts did n't work , she rarely went out , but stayed surrounded and walled-in by belongings , old letters , cards , souvenirs scattered over the furniture . |
27 | Without uttering a word , fitzAlan jerked Isabel roughly forward , at the same time riffling through the parchments scattered over the table . |
28 | Although the carriers are normally fully under the control of the computer , there is the facility for the work group to give commands to the computer from one of 40 VDUs scattered throughout the plant . |
29 | One can see Tolkien 's attempt to extend that tradition in the hobbit-poems scattered through The Lord of the Rings — or to be more accurate , in the new hobbit-poems . |
30 | If a small child rejects medicine dispensed by one of the medical posts scattered throughout the region , parents will not persist in the face of the child 's refusal ( see Robarchek 1980 ) . |