The first of the three categories is the configuration or the pattern in which the push buttons are to be disposed.
This movement is part of a deferred commuting pattern in which the village and the city are both active spaces in people's personal and professional lives.
The murder set a pattern in which the couple would lure their victims, often on roadsides or at railway stations, by asking for help or directions.
President Obama's strong showing here in 2008 continued a nearly 30-year pattern in which the vote for Democratic presidential candidates has steadily increased.
Many residents described a pattern in which the military entered first, followed by the security forces and then armed men in plain clothes, known as shabeeha.
There is an additional complication just now: Atmospheric conditions in the North Atlantic have shifted in recent days to a new pattern in which the Northeast and Middle Atlantic are exposed to the likelihood of cold, stormy weather.
They questioned whether the disclosure about the case of Jose Padilla, also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir, was part of a pattern in which the administration orchestrated its announcements to help it politically.
The passage of the resolution reaffirmed a pattern in which the United States protects Israel in the Security Council, while the General Assembly overwhelmingly passes nonbinding resolutions critical of Israel.
Even though Christmas Day falls on a Monday, forcing many people to return to work Tuesday morning, transportation officials said they still expected the usual pattern, in which the heaviest holiday travel would come the day after Christmas.
The precise pattern in which the autumn leaves lie in my pasture would not be "information," according to the analysts at Berkeley, unless I took a photograph of it, preferably a digital one.
"This has become an all-too-familiar pattern in which the deceptive practices of Wall Street devastated homeowners and investors, and ultimately contributed to the collapse of our economy," Ms. Coakley said in a news conference on Thursday.
