Sentence examples for following the usual pattern from inspiring English sources

Some analysts said the two companies would eventually bury the hatchet and sign a cross-licensing deal, following the usual pattern of patent cases in the technology industry.

For the current quarter, Intel predicted sales of $6.4 billion to $7 billion, following the usual pattern of flat or slightly lower revenue from the fourth quarter to the first.

The Beirut meeting showed all the signs of following the usual pattern, with the Kuwaiti minister of state for foreign affairs summoning the press to his suite Monday to declare that Iraq was up to its old tricks.

Autonomy is set to report an in-line quarter, and while it will talk through its (many) drivers for earnings upgrades shares, following the usual pattern, shares are likely to be hit on the day.

He commanded the cruiser from June to December 1923, when, following the usual pattern of sea duty alternating with shore duty, he was posted to the office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

At 2 30 PM EST, the Austin, Tex.-based company was trading up 140.79% from its initial price of $19. Following the usual pattern, investors weren't deterred by the fact that Vignette lost $26.2 million last year on revenues of $16.2 million.

Rather than following the usual Japanese pattern of allowing the contractor to select the fittings and select suppliers, she preferred to do that herself, which the Mines said saved them a lot of money.

We show that the winter sandbar, most pronounced offshore of the nourishment, moved back onto the beach face during summer 2002 (following the usual seasonal pattern) and formed a wider beach above MSL at the site of the original nourishment than on the control beaches.

Robert N. Levine, the executive, said layoffs were following the usual accounting industry pattern of spring cuts and fall hiring.

Thus, it can be explained by a rotational distortion around the main chain, the presence of the charge introducing strong electrostatic interactions which could hinder the packing of the chain following the usual hydrogen bonding pattern.

Forbes: Why hasn't the semiconductor industry followed the usual pattern of consolidation?