Sentence examples for extends a pattern from inspiring English sources

The modest move extends a pattern this week: even with plenty of earnings news from big companies, the broader market has shuffled between minor gains and minor losses.

He said the relaxation of the rules "extends a pattern of disowning and diminishing the teacher quality provisions in the law, and postpones the day when public education will realize its goal of equal opportunity for all".

On an unadjusted basis, the index fell 0.4 percent in January from December, extending a pattern of decline.

They use violence in a reasoned way, extending a pattern that began in the fall with David Cronenberg's "Eastern Promises," probably the year's bloodiest film.

New York's elected officials went home Wednesday night without passing a state budget, making this the 20th year in a row the budget will be late and extending a pattern of state government gridlock that is unrivaled in the nation.

The chief executive of Varian Inc. said today that the company, a maker of scientific instruments, was actively pursuing acquisitions in the life-sciences industry, looking to extend a pattern that has fattened profit margins since last year.

The bombings extended a pattern of multiple-casualty attacks in recent days that are clearly intended to kill local Iraqi leaders, in particular those who are believed to have collaborated with American forces against insurgents.

The show is the fourth in a series that Felder calls his Composers Sonata, extending a pattern established in productions that looked at Beethoven, Chopin and Gershwin.

The acquisition of Tomlinson extends a recent Jets pattern of aggressively pursuing big-name players, many of whom come with considerable questions.

WASHINGTON -- The selection of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the nation's 112th justice extends a quarter-century pattern in which Republican presidents generally install strong conservatives on the Supreme Court while Democratic presidents pick candidates who often disappoint their liberal base.

The consecutive quarters of contraction put Japan officially back into the technical definition of a recession, extending a seesaw pattern of tentative recovery and pullback.