And almost all of the stories surprised me, with the twists of fate, staggeringly long arms of coincidence, repetition of patterns of the kind that make great case studies and great opera, heroism in people who had been, for most of their lives, contented doormats, uncharacteristic acts that changed everything that followed, all things of which fiction allows us only a little.
I believe that when the investigation is concluded, they will prove that there is a systematic pattern of this kind of behavior through the entire McDonald's system".
"We see a very strong pattern of this kind of conduct".
The two patterns of this kind validated in Table 1 turned out to fall into this latter class.
In fact, such a voting pattern reflects the kind of flexible thinking that has allowed America to excel.
At B Side 2002, an off-site show of 14 designers in TriBeCa, Michael Ryan and Sophie Demenge from R&D Design (www.r-d-design.com) in Brooklyn displayed Doily, a steel table laser-cut in a lace pattern -- the kind of clever post-modern-design thinking that was in rare supply.
Juries may feel more confident in convicting rapists if they can see a pattern in the kind of victim who gives evidence women with mental health problems, say, or people who had been drinking in a club shortly before an attack.
You can use any size of pad as a pattern, depending on the kind of pad you want to make.
He dropped one touchdown pass perfectly over the cornerback and into the arms of his receiver on a deep out pattern — the kind of throw that tests a quarterback's arm and touch.
Intonation, which is found in all languages, is the variation in the pitch contour or pitch pattern of whole utterances, of the kind that distinguishes (either of itself or in combination with some other difference) statements from questions or indicates the mood or attitude of the speaker (as hesitant, surprised, angry, and so forth).
