Sentence examples for before the current spate from inspiring English sources

Long before the current spate of books dealing with all aspects of fly fishing was under way, Roderick Haig-Brown, who died in 1976, had emerged as one of the 20th century's most gifted angling writers.

It was revealed that Mr Badawi's predecessor, Mahathir Mohamad, had been brokering secret talks between Thai officials and southern separatists even before Mr Thaksin's downfall.Not long before the current spate of violence, Mr Thaksin abolished the civilian-led agency that oversaw the southern provinces.

Before the current spate of crime declines, it is fair to say that crime had increased rapidly over three decades or so in most advanced countries.

This raises the question of just why the current spate of autobiography feels somehow different, somehow "worse" than ever before — more narcissistic and more disturbing in its implications.

But the current spate of hero worship seems more sycophantic than anything that has gone before.

The current spate of sackings by President Islam Karimov has made such posts seem less secure.

But the current spate of bad news may mask underlying strengths.

Will the current spate of sleaze investigations provoke a taxpayers' revolt?

For the current spate of "green" magazine issues, we have Al Gore to blame.

The current spate of self-immolations by Tibetan monks indicates that the relationship is a bit more complicated.

The current spate of selling, says Jerry Barag, the chief investment officer of Lend Lease, a property-finance company, "is the finale".