The phrase "a predictable picture of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a situation, outcome, or representation that can be anticipated or expected based on certain factors or information.
Example: "The study provided a predictable picture of the economic trends for the upcoming year."
Alternatives: "an expected depiction of" or "a foreseeable representation of".
A "deep dive" by government statisticians into coroners' records of a random sample of 115 drug-related deaths during 2015 and 2017 paints a depressing but predictable picture of an ageing cohort of drug users left to die alone.
Boxes of Black Cloud ($24.99 for 25 shells) dispense with the predictable picture of a mallard for a bright color scheme that "really pops off the shelf," Nash continues.
I grew up on an estate, and while I'd be loth to paint too predictable a picture of it (I had a nice childhood and have friends who still live there), drugs were everywhere.
"So in some sense, this is a predictable tsunami of habitable worlds and – from a big picture point of view – I try not to let my blood pressure rise just because there's one more".
Last week's coverage of the growing unrest in Bahrain, for example, drew a predictable batch of emails from Bahrainis claiming not to recognise the picture we painted of an oppressive regime cracking down on dissent.
Here's what the man identified as Mohammed Sidique Khan said, on a tape released by parties unknown, seven weeks after his death: "I'm sure by now the media's painted a suitable picture of me, this predictable propaganda machine will naturally try to put a spin on things to suit the government and to scare the masses into conforming to their power- and wealth-obsessed agendas.
The picture is highly selective: key areas (Hitchens's two marriages; the nineteen-nineties) are almost entirely elided, while a predictable pair of hobbyhorses (his hatred of religion; his support for the Iraq war) are rehearsed with obsessive frequency.
That is a predictable consequence of global warming, he said.
The winners are mostly a predictable cast of grandees.
The change drew a predictable mix of praise and censure.
