| However, the effects of spates are likely mediated by other factors, such as habitat. |
| A stir was caused in 1044 when two kings, in some dispute over the bell, went on spates of prisoner taking and cattle theft. |
| Tweed tributaries containing grayling were suffering massive spates early this week with all prospects of sport washed out. |
| During the rains we can not sit in the rooms in these quarters as spates upon spates of seepage turn the room into mini water tank, said a group of residents. |
| That night saw one of the most ferocious spates of rioting in living memory. |
| If I know aught of Highland spates, they will both be down in the hour and fishable. |
