1 The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

2 After heavy rain, the river was in spate.

3 After the storm all the rivers were in spate.

4 Celia was in full spate .

5 Police are blaming arsonists for the spate of fires in the Greenfields housing estate.

6 Celia was in full spate as usual, so I just sat there waiting for her to finish.

7 Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the Kingsland Road area.

8 He missed most of the season with a spate of injuries.

9 A spate of English reading materials began to pour off the presses.

10 There has been a spate of robberies in the area recently.

11 Hence, the spate of was-the-risk-exaggerated, debunking stories.

12 An alarming spate of bombings has caused widespread panic.

13 Espionage Unification brought a spate of arrests for espionage.

14 They were casualties of the recent spate of organizational downsizing, restructuring, and reengineering programs.

15 Retail sales were down due to a spate of bomb scares before Christmas.

16 The poll results come amid a spate of bad news for tobacco companies.

17 Gates gone: Tyneside police are investigating a spate of thefts of wrought iron garden gates.

18 In the late 1880s there was a spate of burglaries in Colombo.

19 The spate of new legislation imposes a great strain upon the smaller firm.

20 There has been a spate of incidents where bogus officials have called on the homes of elderly people.

21 Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.

22 Beyond the river, which was wide and hasty in spate, Llan-fawr soared into cloud.

23 Car thefts: Chilton and Ferryhill Station were hit by a spate of thefts from cars at the weekend.

24 These questions have been raised by leading palaeontologists and archaeologists in a spate of articles in newspapers and journals.

25 The figures were made no more palatable by a spate of published tables listing Britain's richest people.

26 Alliance leader John Alderdice held emergency talks with the security chief at Stormont on the recent spate of murders and sectarian attacks.

27 However, he is concerned that the industry is about to erupt into a spate of brutal adventure movies.

28 The party lost power three years ago after a spate of political scandals.

29 If a statutory definition were to be promulgated, it would lead to confusion, and a spate of litigation.

30 The generosity of the offer had surprised them all and had prompted a whole spate of spontaneous offers.

1 Doctors have suffered a loss of prestige following a spate of scandals.

2 The bombing was the latest in a spate of terrorist attacks.

3 Celia was in full spate as usual, so I just sat there waiting for her to finish.

31 Some Johannesburg hotels provided armed escorts for their guests after a spate of muggings recently.

32 The company has yet to respond to the recent spate of lawsuits filed against it.

33 Some of these riverbank cave entrances are submerged when the river is in spate making their underground passages subject to sudden flooding.

34 He blamed what he called the painful kick-back of recent economic problems for the latest spate of job losses.

35 Police say the arrests follow a spate of crimes in the area.

36 Now, the few timbers remaining after a spate of attacks in the last two months have been replaced with metal panels.

37 The A66 has become a cause for deep concern among local residents following a spate of accidents in recent months.

38 The campaign came in response to a spate of fatal stabbings and involved extra police officers being drafted in to patrol late-night trouble spots.

39 Detectives are investigating a spate of thefts from a new housing development in Derry.

40 The original design of six arches was rejected because of spate flow volumes in the river.

41 He banged on the door again, broke into another spate of tears,() then trailed off into silence.

42 The review was prompted by a spate of jail suicides.

43 Milan: Operators reacted with frustration to a spate of new capital increase operations announced late last week.

44 Homeowners have reported a spate of vandalism, break- ins, thefts, and other crimes that they attribute to illegal immigrants.

45 Even model Naomi Campbell appeared at the last spate of runway shows in New York with a swinging dark-blond weave.

46 The spate of incidents may provide a clearer picture of changes that might be needed in those regulations.

47 Police say extra vigilance has helped to kerb the recent spate of attacks on horses.

47 Wish you will love and make progress everyday!

48 Police are investigating a spate of muggings that took place on the campus last week.

49 Read in studio Gloucestershire Police are warning that a spate of rave parties will put their budget in the red.

50 Even so, Lieberman's selection triggered an instant spate of hate messages on rightwing and racist websites.

51 However, our recent spate of hot summers and mild winters seems to be redressing the balance somewhat.

52 The task force was formed following a spate of major scandals in the apparel industry.

53 Quite apart from the spate of redundancies that began in 1990, turnover in saleroom experts is fairly high at the lower levels.

54 The current spate of reports on the schools criticizes parents for not involving themselves in the education of their children.

55 Val was becoming increasingly worried by the spate of vicious attacks on horses.

56 Earnings from the recent spate of rights issues and flotations will be fat.

57 After a recent spate of arrests, Figueroa said publicly that he did not expect more.

58 Read in studio Detectives are hunting for two men following a spate of robberies at the homes of old-age pensioners.

59 Response to this criticism was a spate of reports and committees culminating in radical reform and reorganization of the system.

60 They were arrested after a spate of attacks by the Animal Liberation Front.

61 There was a heavy spate a week or two later and the river rose a good five feet higher than normal.

62 Hungary has witnessed a spate of especially nasty murders.

63 Refugees crossed the border in full spate.

64 The river is in spate.

65 The reason for this sudden spate of spurious insinuation?

66 It'starts Friday and forecasters are predicting a spate of named storms.

67 You are all waiting for the big movement but are you aware of the spate of other activities whelloch cumulatively foretells of grave expectations.

68 Some of southern China's toy makers, which turn out most of the world's playthings, are struggling this holiday season after a spate of massive safety-related recalls in the U.S.

69 There was for example Charles Brockden Brown , with his brief spate of Gothic novels.

70 This week's spate of U. S. twisters is being compared to the "super outbreak" of tornadoes on April 3 and 4, 1974, U. S. Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator Craig Fugate told CNN.

71 But a spate of scientific studies has raised doubts about artificial sweeteners.

72 Hassam Omar, a Somali refugee living in Pretoria, was attacked during the spate of xenophobic violence that rocked South Africa in 2008.

73 There's been a spate of accidents on this stretch of road recently.

74 The Thames was in spate, with flocks of Canada geese speeding downriver.

75 The spate of storms and hurricanes in recent years could be a statistical quirk.

76 What are the lessons to be learned from the recent spate of virile viruses?

77 With the river in spate, the Warden was extra busy./spate.html

78 A spate of negative stories and the government may backtrack.

79 Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.

80 Rudolph ate silently, waiting for the spate of approval to die down.