The phrase "a pattern that has developed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing trends, behaviors, or changes that have emerged over time in various contexts, such as social, economic, or scientific discussions.
Example: "Over the years, a pattern that has developed in consumer behavior shows a shift towards online shopping."
Alternatives: "an emerging trend" or "a trend that has formed."
"It was a pattern that had developed over many years: Los Angeles siphoning off resources, industry, and population from elsewhere to satisfy its insatiable desire for growth.
Dr Jami Rogers, lead researcher on the Multicultural Shakespeare project, told the IoS: "There is clearly a problem with the casting patterns that have developed in Shakespearean production over the past 20 years".
The earliest railroads reinforced transportation patterns that had developed centuries before.
Paul also wanted to govern with his own minions, disregarding both tradition and the administrative patterns that had developed during his mother's 30-year reign.
Of course, the continued skepticism over the health of the stock market is consistent with the continuation patterns that have developed in most of the key market averages.
This is part of a pattern that has been developing for months.
Typically, it is the group of songbirds parasitized by cuckoos that has developed the most divergent egg-colour patterns; the group of estrildine finches parasitized by whydahs that has developed particular gape patterns; and among the cleaner wrasses the species Labroides dimidiatus mimicked by the blenny Aspidontus that develops into many different local races.
"We identified a pattern of complaints that had developed and determined that there was a need to take a closer look at the reason why there was a high number of allegations of officers failing to identifying themselves," explained Mike Tobin, the OPC's executive director.
These days, advances in the field of biotechnology redefine the borders between human beings and their environment; contemporary evolutionary patterns coincide with a technology that have developed detached from any cultural discourse.
To date the garment industry has focused on speeding up empirical pattern construction methods that have developed through custom and practice.
