Sentence examples for a small spate from inspiring English sources
The phrase "a small spate" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a brief period of something, often referring to an outpouring or surge of events or occurrences. Example: "There was a small spate of complaints about the new policy, prompting the management to reconsider their decision."
As seems to happen in American publishing, there was one of those 20-year moments when a small spate of books appears, all with variations on a theme.
There's also a small spate of proper compositions, including the jittery title track, by Mr. Lossing, and a restful elegy by Mr. Hebert called "For A. H".
Hence, a small spate of Web sites that guide patients and families through this sensitive territory, including The Conversation Project (founded last year by Ellen Goodman, a former syndicated columnist) and the more recent Prepare (produced by Dr. Rebecca Sudore, a geriatrician at the University of California, San Francisco).
THE popularity of "The Devil Wears Prada" -- both the execrable novel and the so-so movie -- spawned a small spate of what might be called assistant lit: books about monstrous bosses and the humiliations their underlings endure as the price for proximity to the powerful.
HORROR is among the most durable, if disreputable, American movie genres, and Halloween, which always generates at least a small spate of horror films, is the best time to check its vital signs, to determine whether it's really alive or just stubbornly, annoyingly undead.
Meanwhile Last.Fm was the centre of a small spate of controversy recently when it turned off a few subscriber stations that, the company said, weren't strictly DMCA compliant.
In part, that is because of the extraordinary demand during a smaller spate of earlier census hiring.
These larger waves of layoffs were preceded by a smaller spate of firings earlier this summer which saw 250 employees let go from the company's Waterloo R&D and product testing facility.
Robert Hawk, a special agent in the F.B.I. office in Cleveland, said in a telephone interview yesterday that the letters to the N.F.L. players were a small part of a spate of hate mail directed at notable African-American men over the past two years.
Channel 4 has commissioned a new drama about a small town rocked by a spate of shootings, penned by the screenwriter behind Red Riding, and unveiled a new panel show to be hosted by David Tennant.
The RSPCA has said it is "deeply concerned" about the spate of suspected poisonings, saying ingesting even a small amount of the pellets could lead to kidney failure and death.
