The phrase "a slightly different pattern" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a variation or change in a specific arrangement or design.
Example: "The artist decided to use a slightly different pattern in her latest work to create a unique visual effect."
Alternatives: "a somewhat altered design" or "a marginally distinct arrangement."
The contribution of the different groups of variables for suboptimal health to differences in ORs between nondisabled and disabled subjects had a slightly different pattern.
Let's try a slightly different pattern.
Lowering of the arm resulted in a reversal of these motions in a slightly different pattern.
These bits can be individually separated and probed for short stretches of repetitive DNA called microsatellites.Each red cedar has a slightly different pattern of microsatellites.
That, in turn, increases the feelings of alienation that are associated with anti-social conduct and criminal behaviour.Research on England's schools turns up a slightly different pattern.
In position 4, the change in percent correct by item type followed a slightly different pattern.
The BBC also writes that is has "followed a slightly different design pattern for the Android version of the app" than iOS, noting that on the earlier app some content is revealed by swiping upwards "to show a 'carousel'" — but on Android swiping horizontally takes the user through all the content from the currently selected station.
The slightly different pattern for BDE-153 may reflect differences in exposure sources and/or metabolism compared with other congeners.
However, there is a suggestion of slightly different patterns.
Interestingly cDNA populations were similar for brain and ovary (panel B) whereas aRNA populations displayed slightly different patterns (panel A).
During one of the subsequent runs, however, using identical conditions, a slightly different elution pattern was found, even though the basic shape of the elution peaks was comparable to Fig. 6.
