They must not be used as part of a sequential pattern.

He regarded the bureau's action as part of a pattern.

So this is part of a bad pattern in Iran.

"We worry that this may be part of a larger pattern."

Suppose it were not the whole thing but part of a pattern?

"It's as if everything is part of a pattern," he said eventually.

She said the charges were part of a "planned pattern to get him."

These were part of a pattern that developed in many regions across Europe at about the same time.

Give me the parts of a pattern and I will read you the whole.

The measures seem part of a pattern in recent months.