The phrase "a pattern of powerful" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to describe a recurring theme or trend that is strong or influential, but it lacks clarity and grammatical structure.
Example: "The study revealed a pattern of powerful influences shaping public opinion on climate change."
Alternatives: "a trend of strength" or "a pattern of influence."
It takes the form of diffuse but persistent differences in recognition and response: "a pattern of powerful but unrecognized attitudes and assumptions that work systematically against women despite good will" (MIT 1999, 11).
For example, it states that discrimination in this "post-Civil-Rights era" doesn't take obvious forms, but "consists of a pattern of powerful but unrecognized assumptions and attitudes" that have concrete penalties such as lower salaries for women as well as "subtle differences in... treatment".
Kristen Houser, chief public affairs officer at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, said that the Schneiderman accusations point to a larger pattern of powerful men, specifically those involved in law enforcement, who leverage their positions to create a self-protective shield and keep their victims feeling powerless and silent.
Long before Mr. Hussein was hanged on Dec. 30, 2006, with supporters of Iraq's new Shiite-led government taunting him as the noose was tightened around his neck, a pattern of intervention by powerful Iraqi officials had been established.
His findings indicate a pattern of entitlement among some powerful people.
"It breaks the pattern of powerful scientists building up an empire of people who are beholden to them".
One crucial question is whether the cities' contention that the gun makers do not check on their dealers -- a pattern of inaction -- will be as powerful as some evidence of overt action by the gun manufacturers would be.
It is a pattern of stage action at once simple and powerful.
The creation of such a powerful Satan in the orthodox Christian cosmology becomes not only a foundation for anti-Semitism but also a pattern of viewing the world.
