1.   The discovery of gold brought a flood of prospectors into the Territories.

2.   When spring came, it brought two floods.

3.   Public sympathy following Mr Adams death has brought a flood of cards and almost twelve thousand pounds in donations for his family.

4.   TORRENTIAL rain continued to drench much of Britain early today with thunderstorms bringing floods to several areas.

5.   Already, phone companies like Sprint and GTE are test marketing the new devices, hoping their use will bring a flood of new long-distance calling minutes.

6.   A few candy wrappers crackled as the land which was once my home burst into life on the screen, bringing a flood of intense memories.

7.   A mildly critical look at Joe DiMaggio here several weeks ago brought a flood of negative mail, some of it abusive.

8.   But that was an improvement from last fall, when a lifting of controls on landing and takeoff schedules brought a flood of traffic and near gridlock.

9.   Each day brings another flood of awful drawings of cutesy animals and mostly stupid humans from people who fancy themselves the next big thing in jokes.

10.   El Nino weather, which brings floods, hurricanes and drought to various parts of the world, has strengthened, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said yesterday.