Sentence examples for it was patterned after from inspiring English sources

"It was patterned after the fiestas in San Antonio in the early days," said Kathy DeWaal, this year's chairwoman.

An ad in the Mirror described the restaurant in glowing terms, saying it was patterned after "Wolfie's" in Miami Beach.

It was patterned after the Baths of Caracalla in Rome and once soared 15 stories to a vaulted ceiling.

It was patterned after the Swiss practice of having public juries of experts and citizens evaluate designs, and the result was an efficient and elegant bridge for essentially the same amount of money that a standard design would have cost.

It was patterned after the Measurement of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution (MATE) (Rutledge and Sadler 2007) in that it had similarly structured statements, it was scored on a Likert scale, and it targeted specific aspects of evolution including the age of the earth, human evolution, and evolution as an explanation for our current biodiversity.

It is patterned after the British Broadcasting Corporation, including a multi-tiered system to review complaints.

Called Sample, it is patterned after a similar place in Barcelona, Spain.

It is patterned after the 1995 Million Man March in Washington.

It is patterned after "an everyday hangout like they have in France," said Mr. Dillon.

It's patterned after a building type called a caravanserai, which hundreds of years ago was really the first hotel.

It is patterned after similar teams in existence in New York City and ones formed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, none of which are based in New Jersey.