Example sentences of "spread [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The picture was not seen as ‘ a moment of time ’ but the wings were assumed to be spread for a long period ( Goldsmith , 1984 , pp.2–3 ) . |
| 2 | Plants closed , men were sacked , industrial decay and unemployment spread like a leprous blight across the whole of the region and insidiously crept down into the Midlands . |
| 3 | Her arms and legs were spread like a flayed hide ; her face was a gargoyle 's grimace . |
| 4 | May walked home from school with her fingers spread like a beached starfish . |
| 5 | Ignoring my mumbled apologies , he turned and conversed with a shadowy figure which had spread like a silent stain over the carpet as we talked . |
| 6 | The fire caught the peat and spread into a warming glow . |
| 7 | Tea/supper Wholemeal bread spread with a small jar of anchovy paste and topped with a chopped hard-boiled egg . |
| 8 | A small table by the door had been spread with a green cloth embroidered with the insignia of the League , two thistles crossed above the initials L.S.L. , and here , armed with white name cards and a bristling collection of pins , sat Mrs MacPhail , a determined young newcomer from Hamilton , Ontario , who had managed to obtain the post of secretary because none of the older members felt like undertaking so much work . |
| 9 | Share ownership is also unevenly spread with a heavy concentration in the South-east and much lower levels in the North . |
| 10 | Then make it waterproof by sealing all the internal corners with a bead of silicone sealer , spread with a wet thumb . |
| 11 | Makes 40 Using the back of a knife , stretch 20 rashers of streaky bacon , spread with a little herb mustard and cut in half . |
| 12 | A photograph of Hitler stared benignly over a table spread with a white cloth . |
| 13 | Claudia Cohn-Casson is sitting under an enormous African fig tree near by , at a camp table spread with a Somali cloth . |
| 14 | This classics such as Tom Brown 's Last Match and Dickens 's Dingley Dell v All Muggleton are spread before a fresh generation , as are essays on legendary players by writers of quality . |
| 15 | Where there is no tidal range wave attack is concentrated at the same level of the coast for twenty-four hours a day , but where the tidal range is great it may be spread over a vast foreshore zone and may only attack the foot of the cliffs for a very short period at each high tide . |
| 16 | The series is also spread over a broad area ( both instruments sharing the same serial form ) to cover the first twelve bars of the work . |
| 17 | They were spread over a wide expanse of riverbank , back at the twisting curling Shannon river once more . |
| 18 | The speeds of molecules in a gas are spread over a wide range . |
| 19 | Even within London the operations were spread over a wide area with , for example , designers at Greenford , south-east London , fittings in Battersea and pattern-cutting in Kilburn . |
| 20 | Consideration may need to be given to switching partners or departments to achieve this ; ( 3 ) inevitably , where the activities of a firm are spread over a wide area , problems arise in connection with the basic decision making processwhen , for example , partners ' meetings become more difficult to arrange . |
| 21 | Ireland , again unlike Holland , is a relatively big country and the players are spread over a wide area . |
| 22 | It points out , however , that decommissioning costs are spread over a long period , while those of reprocessing spent fuel are more immediate . |
| 23 | Christmas puddings , jars of mincemeat , bunches of holly , fruit , nuts , table-mats , serviette-rings and dozens of other useful little articles they had made carefully and patiently were spread over a long trestle table in the hall . |
| 24 | In comparison with other books , they can be expensive , as relatively low numbers are printed , so the basic cost of putting the book together must be spread over a limited number of copies . |
| 25 | The population is spread over a large area of agricultural land . |
| 26 | At Eton the different houses and classrooms were spread over a large area , and in the next day or two I had somehow to find out where and when which masters were teaching me what subjects . |
| 27 | The absence of a temple in the vicinity of the buildings need not negate this hypothesis , since on most sites of this nature the buildings are spread over a considerable area . |
| 28 | The traders may be spread over a whole town , or region of country , and yet make a market , if they are , by means of fairs , meetings , published price lists , the post-office or otherwise , in close communication with each other . ’ |
| 29 | There was almost unlimited space for Leicester to expand ; and in 1845 the commissioners were able to report that the town ‘ was spread over an unusual extent of ground in proportion to its population ’ . |
| 30 | If possible the crop should be lifted when the ground is reasonably dry , the potatoes are then spread on a dry barn floor before sorting into ‘ are ’ , ‘ seed ’ , and ‘ chat ’ sizes — the latter for animal feeding . |