The phrase "a distinct pattern in" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a noticeable or recognizable trend or arrangement within a specific context or data set.
Example: "The research revealed a distinct pattern in the behavior of the subjects over time."
Alternatives: "a clear trend in" or "a noticeable arrangement in".
A political gulf between the capital, where Ukip won only a handful of seats, and the rest of England, which saw the party rise to prominence in many places where it previously had no presence, was appearing as a distinct pattern in the results on Friday.
Conclusions: The structural alterations found in HGF appear similar to those described in certain other heritable collagen disorders, suggesting that HGF should be included in the group of hereditary diseases in which connective tissue alterations have a distinct pattern, in contrast to reactive fibrotic gingival enlargements with no genetic component.
To understand that the Pleaides constellation has a distinct pattern in the sky.
Each sample shows a distinct pattern in its voltage measurements, and the Random Forest prediction is displayed beneath each graph.
Weighted mean gray levels (WMGLs) in the chimpanzee showed a distinct pattern in which the 'knuckle-walking' regions (dorsal) and 'climbing' regions (palmar) are less mineralized, interpreted to reflect elevated remodeling rates, than the distal regions.
There was neither a distinct pattern in the spatial concentrations of the two metals nor a statistical significance (H = 12.79, p > 0.05 for Cu and H = 10.62, p > 0.05 for Zn).
A distinct pattern emerged: In Democratic regions of the country, which tend to be cities, people are more likely to be murdered with a gun than they are to shoot themselves to death.
Overall, the distribution of FD over the involved joints showed a distinct pattern, comparable in both hands.
The immunostaining showed a distinct pattern of immunoreactivity in dysplastic cells with no staining in unaltered transgenic cells.
Williams Syndrome patients have mild intellectual deficiencies but show a distinct pattern of weaknesses in subtests measuring PIQ and relative strengths in VIQ.
A distinct pattern was observed in CD8+ T-cells with low constitutive expression in naive cells (mfi: 16.6±0.6) rising significantly (P = 0.02) to (36.7±5.0) following infection.
