Sentence examples for be a widespread pattern from inspiring English sources

For human rights organizations, establishing what appears to be a widespread pattern of indiscriminate attacks that cause large numbers of civilian casualties is enough to prove the law has been broken.

Mourners who gathered at the Italian embassy on Saturday remembered Regeni as a scholar but also as a symbol of what they say is a widespread pattern of abuse by Egyptian security forces.

The study was conducted on behalf of the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is suing the New York Police Department for what the center says is a widespread pattern of unprovoked and unnecessary stops and racial profiling in the department's stop-question-and-frisk policy.

"Investigators determined that there is a widespread pattern and practice among the residents of YFZ ranch in which minor female residents are conditioned to expect and accept sexual activity with adult men at the ranch upon being spiritually married to them," the affidavit states.

The Murdoch family was drawn personally into the inquiry in mid-July when the House of Commons committee on culture, media and sport questioned both Rupert and James Murdoch, with both men expressing regret over the phone hacking but denying any knowledge that it had been a widespread pattern before the rush of revelations this year.

"There has been a widespread pattern of discrimination against educators who would challenge evolution in the classroom," Casey Luskin, a policy analyst for the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute, in Seattle, Washington, told ScienceInsider.

But he is quoted in the article and on the FairTest website as saying "There is a widespread pattern of test manipulation," which is not quite the same as accusing people of cheating.

Displacement is a widespread practice.

"However," the ACLU adds, "there is a widespread, continuing pattern of law enforcement officers ordering people to stop taking photographs or video in public places and harassing, detaining, and arresting those who fail to comply".

Matthew Smith, the executive director of Fortify Rights, said the accounts were indicative of "a widespread pattern of death, torture, and exploitation, in many cases involving the complicity of Thai authorities".

The case revolved around Ms. Casburn's telephone call to the Murdoch-owned News of the World tabloid on Sept. 11, 2010, in which she told a reporter details of a confidential new investigation into allegations that the paper had been involved in a widespread pattern of hacking into the cellphone messages of celebrities.