The phrase
"predictable pattern" refers to something that happens in a regular and expected way, like a recurring sequence or behavior that can be anticipated.
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This is the case even though scores can be very sensitive to accommodations and even though inconsistent use of accommodations can result
in predictable patterns in achievement growth.
When husbands and wives are unable to navigate their disagreements, they fall into
fairly predictable patterns of behavior, as suggested by the four stages of marital conflict.
Many times, neither a bullish nor a bearish trend is present, but the security is moving in a
somewhat predictable pattern between parallel resistance and support areas.
With this in mind let us explore how infants and young children react when
predictable patterns of nighttime routines are altered.
Gameplay is fairly standard for side - scrolling shooters,
with predictable patterns of attack from the enemy ships and a few environmental obstacles thrown in.
Despite the fact that The Baxter proposes to be a sort of refreshing anti-romance for those that have ever been dumped before, it still falls into very
predictable patterns as it goes along, especially as we're introduced to the cute, but similarly square, temp in Elliott's office, Cecil Mills (Williams, Imaginary Heroes).
Second, we examine differential gains on parts of the assessments, since preparation focused
on predictable patterns within the test should be accompanied by differentially large performance gains on items reflecting these opportunities.
The arbitrary reality of the art market is explicated by its accelerated tempermentality; the practices of speculative collectors — in search of their own «golden eggs,» —
beget predictable patterns of frenzy, overvaluation and subsequent commercial rejection, as well as perpetually unstable financial situations for artists.
It is the
most predictable pattern of goofing off and time wasting in the classroom — and the most predictable source of teacher stress and exhaustion.
Just as the invention of the church year broke the spell of the gods of sun, moon, and stars, so now the recovery of a clear - cut doctrine of the Christian life must break the spell of the all
too predictable pattern of adult life.
As I watched my Facebook and Twitter feeds last night, the reaction among my friends fell into an imperfect but
highly predictable pattern.
The fans haven't forgiven the tackle on Ramsey but the games hardly have any extra edge to them, in fact they follow a
pretty predictable pattern.
Enough of the arrogance, excuses, lack of ambition, unwarranted risks, unnecessary explanations, stubbornness and
easily predictable pattern of play.
Figures 3 and 4
show predictable patterns: working class and anti-EU 2005 Labour voters tend to be those who ended up at UKIP:
In contrast to these seemingly random rotational motions, the moons follow a
surprisingly predictable pattern as they orbit the binary planet formed by Pluto and Charon.
As precipitation moves inland, water with the heavier form of hydrogen falls out first, which
creates predictable patterns of the stable isotopes ratios of precipitation across continents.
«Open - access collider data confirm subatomic particle patterns: CERN Open Data Portal results
reveal predictable patterns from colliding high - energy protons.»
A Beautiful Mind, a film based very loosely upon his life, likewise deals with theoretical economics (in regards to Christmas box office), but offers
bland predictable patterns in place of complexity.
The Nanny Diaries falls into
predictable patterns early and rarely deviates in any of them enough to form itself into a pleasant surprise.
Although the sense of mystery is what keeps the film going, the fact that it follows
predictable patterns ends up with us being ahead of the film in knowing what the revelations are going to be before they are actually revealed.
Dog attacks follow a fairly
predictable pattern involving a handful of factors such as reproductive status of the dog, function of the dog, containment method used, and so on.