"patterns of influence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to any kind of influence or interaction that occurs and creates patterns. For example, "The technology sector has seen different patterns of influence in recent years."
Of course not, because he knew enough about music to know that these patterns of influence — cribbing, tweaking, transforming — were at the very heart of the creative process.
You can trace patterns of influence and common themes with Alasdair Gray, James Joyce or Margaret Atwood; but nothing approaches the completeness of Hoban's invention in Riddley Walker.
At this distance, and with the first four writers dead, it is now impossible to unravel the patterns of influence or simultaneous inspiration that led to this overlap.
Time naturally challenges the sovereignty and originality of ideas, as lines of antecedence reveal themselves to be circular, even field-like patterns of influence.
Given this frustrating combination of misinformation and ignorance, we can only establish the irrefutable facts about Washington's earliest years, then sketch as best we can the murkier patterns of influence on his early development.
Researchers can see patterns of influence and peaks in communication on a subject — by following trending hashtags on Twitter, for example.
"What we probably can say is that – whatever the actual pattern of influence – we can be pretty sure that at least one of them will end up leaving after a blow-up".
The pattern of influence has changed over time.
Our bivariate analyses show that while the basic pattern of influence of intergenerational resources on coresidence is similar in both urban and rural areas, some variations do exist, suggesting the existence of different mechanisms.
The pattern of influence at the local level suggests the need to strengthen civil society organizations so that they would be able to participate more effectively and benefit in platforms and networks, such as CARGs.
While there is an overall coherence to the work there are design differences on opposing sides of the frieze which has suggested to some scholars the possibility of more than one designer and a pattern of influence amongst them.
