The phrase "a pattern of using" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a consistent or repeated method of utilizing something, often in a behavioral or analytical context.
Example: "The study revealed a pattern of using social media that correlated with increased anxiety among teenagers."
Alternatives: "a trend of employing" or "a practice of utilizing".
In a scathing December report (just weeks after Tamir Rice's death), the US Justice Department said that the Cleveland police department "engaged in a pattern of using excessive force in violation of citizen's constitutional rights".
And if the Knicks are listless in guarding the ball, if they are languid in their transition defense, they have shown a pattern of using the circumstances as an excuse.
But it crashed when the charges against Mr. Kozlowski surfaced, exposing both a "pattern of using aggressive accounting" that inflated its earnings for years, according to the an internal Tyco investigation, and his own high living on the company's wealth.
"There's a pattern of using a dramatis personae of famous ISI officers and Afghan commanders, and recurring reports of dramatic developments such as the delivery of surface-to-air missiles, to give these reports credibility," he said.
Adelphia said that the founder, John J. Rigas, and his family had a "pattern of using Adelphia's funds to purchase and maintain their real estate assets" and that it was likely that the company owned an interest in "any parcel of real property in which the Rigases claim an interest and seek to liquidate".
Still, the 33-page final report makes clear that the integrity of the company's earnings suffered from "a pattern of using aggressive accounting that, even when not erroneous, was undertaken with the purpose and effect of increasing reported results above what they would have been".
Overall, volatile solvent incidence in South American countries is higher than much of the world, and the peak use occurs among 18 year-olds in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru (Hynes-Dowell et al, 2018 year-oldsrn of use that in in striking contrast to American epidemiological patterns.
A pattern of use, i.e. the outcome variable, was converted into a categorical variable: the sum of three variables was obtained (pill used for birth control purposes, doctor consultation obtained, and pill was prescribed).
But others saw something different: a familiar pattern of using over-dramatisation as a means of recourse for real or imagined injustice.
"This is the most extreme example of a recent pattern of using journalist visas in an attempt to censor and intimidate foreign correspondents in China," the club said in a statement.
"This is the most extreme example of a recent pattern of using journalist visas in an attempt to censor and intimidate foreign correspondents in China," the group stated.
