The careless pattern of their conversation said nothing was wrong, so Chekov didn't bother interrupting them.

The overall pattern of your temporal discontinuities,** I said.

Have I to die tonight just because my pattern says 'die'?

The rise in deaths now fits that pattern, he said.

The pattern was set, they said - it made me a restless child who in turn grew up to be a restless adult.

"Age strongly affects the likelihood that a person will move," says a Census report on the migration patterns among the older population.

"That's not strictly true," said the abstract pattern in a cool, expressionless voice.

"Different patterns with short limit on extended connectives," the Caleban said.

A rather unusual pattern of scars, wouldn't you say?

"A pattern that could undermine the American people's faith in the ability of its government to protect them," Smith said.