I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a pattern of behaviour
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Different patterns of behaviour exist in different cultures.
changing patterns of work/behaviour etc
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Changing patterns of work mean that more people are able to work from home.
holding pattern
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My career is in a holding pattern right now.
regular pattern
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a carpet with a regular pattern of flowers
set the pattern/trend (= do something in a way that is later repeated )
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That first day seemed to set the pattern for the following weeks.
weather patterns (= the usual weather that comes at a particular time each year )
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Changes in weather patterns are thought to be caused by global warming
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
basic
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The species within each type represented different modifications of the basic pattern , each adapted to a particular way of life.
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Here is the basic pattern of all sympathy engrams.
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In this way, the basic pattern in the egg could be transferred to the cells.
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Here is the basic pattern Of the engram which will contain the chronic psychosomatic illness in any patient.
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This basic pattern was further complicated as hospital closure programmes progressed and patients were moved back to their health authority of origin.
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This is a very basic pattern but it can alter a plain garment dramatically.
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This basic pattern has been modified in evolution to give a limb that serves quite different functions.
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The basic pattern nevertheless remains the same.
changing
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Such support, however, has to be seen in the context of changing family patterns and of the patterns of employment.
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Table 1 shows these changing marriage patterns between 1971 and 1989.
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The changing regional pattern of industrial development has entailed more than shifts between sectors.
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Increasing problems of indebtedness meant that railway development could not keep pace with changing population patterns .
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Had he taken no note of changing employment patterns , from 1945 to 1960?
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There seems to be a changing pattern among carers.
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Despite some changing patterns in this respect, woman's role is still seen to be primarily in the home.
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Mr. Howarth My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the changing pattern of higher education.
complex
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By the end of the evening an extraordinarily complex pattern will have been woven, initiated by just one person.
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Does she have difficulty carrying out complex motor patterns ?
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Muscles and tendons are just as important and form a much more complex pattern .
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The black pipes interlocked in complex patterns from the low ceiling above mountains of mats.
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The complex patterns you get now are like pictograms.
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Political cultures to refer to those in which there are significant proportions of both the simpler and more complex patterns of orientations.
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The method provides a way of generating very complex patterns .
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The complex patterns of classroom organization associated with the versions of good practice commended in Leeds require considerable skill on the part of the teacher.
different
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Because the parameters are free to change between periods, different individuals can have different patterns of hazard.
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These food-induced social patterns themselves induce slightly different mating patterns.
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Table 4.2 shows how each of these generic activities generates different patterns of task-related behaviour.
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These might be regular if there is not overtaking but random if there is unlimited overtaking, quite different patterns .
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Middle-class and working-class people and men and women have quite different patterns of friendship.
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Carpet tiles: Rearranging and combining in different patterns and shapes.
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They have different instincts, different pheromones, different patterns of behaviour, a different mind structure.
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It is also possible to modify the original by adding or omitting parts, or even combining different patterns into one carving.
general
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The conclusion is that Nkrumah would have otherwise won by the two-thirds majority which was the general election pattern .
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Within this general pattern we must however be careful to distinguish some important regional differences.
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All around, the general pattern was probably one of hamlets, some larger, some small, in varying densities.
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But there are two interesting qualifications to this general pattern .
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Changes in their general pattern have widespread repercussions on individuals, families, businesses and governments.
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We worked together for about fifteen minutes, with me suggesting some general patterns and Suzette trying them out.
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But what is that general pattern ?
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The same general pattern holds for corporate cost of capital.
new
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Expenditure on design and development in 1992 amounted to IR£2.2 million and related mainly to the development of new product and patterns .
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Qualitatively new patterns of responses are interpreted by Piaget to reflect newly constructed or reconstructed intellectual structures.
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Where consciousness is involved, one doesn't just have new patterns of evolution of existing qualities.
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In the cortex, however, the messages are rearranged to make new patterns .
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Where new road patterns or a new shopping centre affect trade, appeal.
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In a period of punctuated equilibrium no one knows what new social behavior patterns will allow humans to prosper and survive.
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They flew about inside her like magpies in an orchard, then settled in a new pattern .
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A new pattern of enforcing old laws and enacting new ones evolved.
normal
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Going out to work had become the normal pattern of their lives, not a deviant one.
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A normal pattern would be for the drop to occur nearly across the board, she said.
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If the normal pattern is followed, Britain will experience an even greater invasion in the next decade.
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Instead, a computer would review billing records quarterly and flag doctors who exceed normal billing patterns .
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Barium follow through examination showed a normal mucosal pattern in the graft.
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According to our data, non-deglutitive repetitive simultaneous pressure waves may occur as a normal oesophageal motor pattern .
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In other households, the normal pattern of seniority was upset by differences in wealth.
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So try to maintain normal meals at normal mealtimes, and normal sleeping patterns as far as possible.
regular
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The rounds usually follow a regular delivery pattern so that the meal will generally be delivered at a regular time.
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But perhaps Joseph got us started on the wrong track, for booms and busts do not appear in regular patterns .
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Equally, much conversation has a regular pattern to it.
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His lower abdomen was expanding and contracting in a deep, regular pattern .
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The solution to this problem, like that of the boiling liquid, is found in the formation of regular patterns .
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In each case, the result is a solid composed of atoms arranged in a regular pattern .
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The Conference has a regular pattern of work.
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She may bring many concerns: My baby has no regular sleep pattern .
similar
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A similar pattern is probably observable to the east.
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Further investigation revealed that other zinfandels showed a similar pattern .
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A similar pattern emerged when subjects were asked to describe picture stories.
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The next clear realignment followed a similar pattern .
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Less deliberately structured groupings can exhibit similar patterns of socialisation, too.
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These cases have followed a strikingly similar pattern .
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It is plausible that disorder follows a similar pattern .
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Such pilgrimage churches tended to follow similar architectural patterns due to their similar needs.
■ NOUN
behavior
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As this diagram suggests, a self-defeating organiza-tional behavior pattern is more than a single misguided strategy or reaction.
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In the face of a self-defeating organizational behavior pattern , a person of this sort has little choice other than to fight.
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Here again, the analogy between individual and organizational attitudes and behavior patterns is revealing.
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The ongoing practice of self-defeating organizational behavior patterns leads ineluctably to the formation of what we call a self-defeating organizational character.
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Watch him with other people and be very conscious of his behavior patterns .
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In this sense, the high-performance loop turns the self-defeating organizational behavior pattern on its head.
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When an organization repeatedly puts self-defeating behavior patterns into practice, it eventually develops a self-defeating character.
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In a period of punctuated equilibrium no one knows what new social behavior patterns will allow humans to prosper and survive.
behaviour
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One school of thought within psychology is that we tend to get hooked into behaviour patterns if they produce intermittent rewards.
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An interesting behaviour pattern is seen sometimes after all the eggs have been collected.
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Hundreds of genes probably control most behaviour patterns .
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You don't have to be an anthropological genius to see a spiralling behaviour pattern here.
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Even at this stage, he can develop new behaviour patterns , which we may consider undesirable.
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Scriptwriters will create worlds and characters with particular behaviour patterns and then let them build their own story.
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The system represents a remarkable evolutionary adaptation of human behaviour patterns to the conditions of the rain forest.
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Figure 6.1 Experiments are needed to confirm that any particular structure of behaviour pattern functions as a signal.
stitch
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As I said, each stitch pattern area is limited to approximately 16,000 bits.
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This is the maximum size that a two-colour stitch pattern can be for transferring to the console.
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As an illustration of stitch pattern sizes, look at Figure 1.
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Now a word of warning about the stitch patterns in the pattern book.
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These will then be ready to transfer to the console as stitch pattern A, B, C and so on.
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Firstly you will have to draw a stitch pattern on one of the pattern sheets which come with the machine.
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Or you could try the simple tuck stitch pattern from the photographed card.
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Knit section one as stitch pattern A. Call stitch pattern B from the console.
weather
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Pollution is no longer simply a product of local industry; it often moves in continental drifts as weather patterns change.
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As the world becomes hotter, there could be disastrous changes in weather patterns and widespread flooding as sea levels rise.
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It would be an interesting landing, if his experience of weather patterns was anything to go by.
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For many months there was a very stable weather pattern affecting most of the northern hemisphere.
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And they claim that the knock-on effect is that weather patterns change.
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But weather patterns change in a haphazard, inconsistent way.
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Day 2 Invaluable brief on yachts, local area, weather patterns , shopping facilities etc.
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It's not yet known how seriously global warming will affect the world's weather patterns .
■ VERB
change
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Instead you pick the most likely payoff and test to see if altering it changes the pattern of behaviour.
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Developments in telecommunications have already done much to change the pattern of our lives.
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All suggestions for changing this pattern were resisted.
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Some people love new challenges, while others resist changing old patterns , as we discussed in Chapter 4.
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Uneven development can change in both its pattern and its form over time.
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And then Interstate 57 was built, and it bypassed Park Forest, changing the local commuter patterns .
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You've had your share of ups and downs this year and December does little to change this pattern .
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The first section focuses on changing counterproductive patterns of communication between parents and children, thus strengthening family relationships.
conform
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Quotations conform to the same pattern of assessment and explanation type.
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In nearly every way, false open-mindedness conforms to the pattern of a self-defeating organizational behavior.
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ONCE again, we had been let down by the refusal of human beings to conform to expected patterns .
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When he considered the twelve-foot window spacings, it became clear that individual office sizes would have to conform to this pattern .
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Activity has been made to conform to rational pattern .
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They must conform to the pattern and standard size laid down by the Post Office.
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The Partnership Programmes began to appear in 1978, tending to conform to a standard pattern .
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It conformed to this pattern , with plenty of free time and many independent meals.
create
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When putting the ring together I alternate the segments marked face up then plain face up to create a balanced pattern .
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Finding the right key creates new patterns of interactions.
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A patterning system like the mind creates patterns which we then continue to use.
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So learning a new item might involve creating a novel spatiotemporal pattern ?
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Two laser displays which create geometric patterns of pure light pulsate to the atmospheric music.
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Trillions of molecules together create the air patterns that we call weather.
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Add a dot of cream to each, then swirl with a knife to create a pattern .
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This sample illustrates how easy it is to create abstract patterns from familiar objects by using the various options available.
emerge
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Yet certain distinctions do emerge , certain patterns of relationship.
establish
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If a pattern of anticipation is to be disrupted, it must first be established .
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Regardless of your preference you should try to establish a pattern .
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It's now an established pattern .
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Premium fares were charged on these cars, establishing a pattern which is maintained to this day.
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And what are the molecular processes involved in establishing that new pattern ?
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This should include establishing a regular pattern of breathing which will, of course, make that relaxation even deeper.
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They establish a conventional pattern and timescale for basic interlocutory stages in personal injury litigation.
fit
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However, they will only fit a military pattern rear cross member.
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This announcement fit the pattern of the times, for a craze of digging for treasure afflicted the area.
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Only three months fit that particular rhythmic pattern - March, May, June.
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But the supply must be carefully organized to fit the pattern of use.
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Many real-world data structures fit into the hierarchical pattern , however, and they are also readily understood.
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For example, the famous Kula system of ritual exchange, first described by Malinowski in 1922, fits the pattern quite well.
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Even his resignation fitted that pattern .
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Everything in Jean-Claude's life had been decided before he met me, and I was being fitted into a preordained pattern .
follow
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These elements were believed to follow certain patterns of movement, or what we would want to define as scientific laws today.
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And had followed the same pattern afterwards.
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The next clear realignment followed a similar pattern .
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The third year is spent abroad and the fourth year follows the pattern of the final year of the single honours degree.
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Her days will follow a pattern .
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Section 2 will follow a similar pattern in relation to banking and the monetary system.
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This cycle begins with stage two sleep and follows the same pattern as the first cycle.
form
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As the different rhythms of these two-note pulses were combined they formed a simple moving pattern of sound.
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With muscles showing complete or near-complete return of potential, bed rest, exercise, and overall good health formed the pattern .
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The ventral arm plates are nearly pentagonal with a distinct convex distal edge textured with layers of calcite forming a concentric pattern .
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The fishnet is flexible; it can form and re-form varied patterns of connection.
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This is the method used to cross two or more sets of stitches during knitting to form rope-like patterns .
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Dotted overhead, quite motionless and forming apparently random patterns , were myriads of tiny black specks.
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These constraints build into a complex family network, which forms patterns of expectations and choices that are shared by all members.
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Taken together, however, the selections form a pattern of discontent.
produce
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These dark bands produce a target-like pattern when the fish is viewed from above.
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I just find it interesting to try out different ways and in the process, I often produce some attractive patterns !
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Lifestreams would find your bills, and a plug-in application could crunch the data to produce a pattern .
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The left part of each half shows the stimulus configuration which produced the pattern of impulses shown in the right part.
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The output produced by the pattern recogniser becomes the data that must be accepted by the first stage of this system.
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That requires a spinal cord to produce a different spatiotemporal pattern of commands to all those muscles.
set
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In form and style they set the pattern for the first generation of purpose-built station buildings.
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That first day seemed to set the pattern for the following weeks.
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While working in films Mary set the pattern of work for the next fifty years.
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I suppose that set a pattern .
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He also runs a series of family workshops in Kansas City that set the pattern the Boston workshops will follow.
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Its agreement in February 1990 set a Brady pattern by offering three options to commercial-bank creditors.
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Numerous research projects were set up to investigate patterns of transmitted deprivation where families appear to hand down problems from generation to generation.
show
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The equivalent figures for manual workers other than general labourers show a reverse pattern .
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The ground was freshly pawed by deer, and the smooth black earth showed the criss-cross pattern of their hoof prints.
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What you get from it is a graph showing a complex pattern of forces.
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It can change from sand color to brown or russet, or show a pattern of these.
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The blue stripes show the pattern rows, the orange background rows.
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Medicine, biology and chemistry showed a similar pattern .
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It follows that the snails show a pattern of prey selection.
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All of the eruptions except Krakatoa happened in the northern hemisphere, and together they show a clear pattern of behaviour.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
conform to a pattern/model/ideal etc
follow a pattern/course/trend etc
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For troubled marriages, researcher Karen Kayser has found, follow a pattern.
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He followed a pattern set two years ago by former Sen.
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In this venture, Clinton is following a course set by a number of his predecessors.
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Lesson four: don't follow trends Like Buddhism and Epping Forest, the road to fitness has many paths.
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The results of these contradictions tend to follow a pattern.
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These sections naturally follow one from the other, and thus the organization of the headings in these two chapters follows patterns.
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This observation follows a pattern frequently encountered in research in this area.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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patterns of sunlight and shadow on the ground
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a navy blue silk blouse with a white flowery pattern
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a skirt pattern
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behavior patterns
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Critics of the police say they see a pattern of racism and abuse by officers.
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Eventually, he decided on a suit with a blue-gray check pattern .
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I'm looking for a wallpaper with a nice bold pattern .
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Police say that each of the murders follows the same pattern .
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San Diego has a very regular weather pattern .
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Women's lives used to follow a predictable pattern : school, then marriage and children.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Could he see a pattern in the number of cubes that did make squares?
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Exposure to 2°C caused drastic changes to the growth pattern and even resulted in some leaves failing to emerge.
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Having said that, I rarely, if ever, follow a written pattern line by line.
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In the key of C, the first pattern is called 3-4.
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Take for instance the pattern of incivility and disrespect displayed over the past several years by Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman.
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The diffraction patterns of fresh crystals extend to 2.6 resolution, but radiation damage rapidly reduces their quality.
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The ground was freshly pawed by deer, and the smooth black earth showed the criss-cross pattern of their hoof prints.
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Unlike the Hopfield model, this network can store many more patterns than the number of dimensions.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His intricately patterned, inlaid tabletop designs represent hundreds of hours of work.
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Repetitive, patterned texts give emergent readers extra support while they are reading.
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The younger individual was a girl of 10-12 years old who wore a red patterned silk shroud.
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They've got a great selection of gear from ace patterned snowboards to fantastic girls' clothing.
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To use yet another metaphor, moulding of form can be thought of as metalworking; patterning like painting.