The phrase "a pattern that seemed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an observation or impression about a recurring theme or behavior that appears to exist.
Example: "As I analyzed the data, I noticed a pattern that seemed to emerge consistently across different samples."
Alternatives: "a trend that appeared" or "a motif that seemed".
Exit polls show a pattern that seems to follow that logic.
The research also found that between the ages of five and 10, boys were twice as likely to have a mental disorder as girls - a pattern that seems to reverse later in life.
Gibney's central accusation is that, as prefect of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, Ratzinger knew much but did little, a pattern that seems to have existed for centuries within the Vatican, wherein detailed records of priestly abuse are alleged to date back to the 4th century.
MORE and more frequently, condominium boards in New York City are acting like co-op boards in screening potential buyers, according to brokers, lawyers and managing agents, a pattern that seems to conflict with one of the primary reasons that condominiums frequently sell for more than similar co-ops.
His supporters were pressing him to declare civil war, a pattern that seems all too familiar in other African nations.
It is a pattern that seems certain to continue, given the Koch brothers' professed intention to donate nearly $900 million to the 2016 national campaign.
It's part of a pattern that seems to be consuming Eastern and Central Europe: In 2017, the democracy-monitoring NGO Freedom House gave Hungary the lowest ranking of the nations it monitors in Central Europe, and lowered its overall democracy scores for 18 of the 29 countries in Eastern Europe and central Asia.
It's part of a pattern that seems to be consuming Eastern and Central Europe: In 2017, the democracy-monitoring NGO Freedom House gave Hungary the lowest ranking of the nations it monitors in Central Europe, and lowered its overall democracy scores for 18 of the 29 countries in Eastern Europe and central Asia.
Numerous switches between hosts of different lepidopteran families have occurred, a pattern that seems to be the rule among idiobiont parasitoids.
Variations in δN with trophic level appear to be relatively predictable such that biota are enriched by 3.4 ± 1.1‰ more than their food [ 37], a pattern that seems to hold true for soil macro-invertebrates [ 25, 26].
