familiar pattern
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffamiliarandpattern
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familiar
adjective
uk/fəˈmɪl.i.ər/us/fəˈmɪl.i.jɚ/
easy to recognize because of being seen, met, heard, ...
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pattern
noun
uk/ˈpæt.ən/us/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition offamiliarandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In the first case, the particulars more clearly recall thefamiliarpatternof homoioteleuton.
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This is afamiliarpattern.
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That is afamiliarpattern.
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That is thefamiliarpattern.
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As such, it conformed to thefamiliarpattern, whereby fundamental principles are established and extended in subsequent compositions.
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It falls into a tragicallyfamiliarpattern.
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All this follows a veryfamiliarpattern.
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The failure follows afamiliarpattern.
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This is afamiliarpatternof propaganda.
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We are moving from afamiliarpatternof local government.
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The direct subsidy approach has afamiliarpatternto it.
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The typical private purchaser follows afamiliarpattern.
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Unfortunately, that is becoming a depressinglyfamiliarpattern.
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The oldfamiliarpatternis disappearing, and disappearing rapidly.
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Thatfamiliarpatternwas attacked when it was introduced.
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The debate has taken on afamiliarpattern.
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These events are following a nowfamiliarpattern.
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From what had appeared to be the discontent of a few craftsmen, afamiliarpatternof religious and foreign elements soon emerged.
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When a concentrated pressure travels with constant velocity over the free surface of water, it carries with it afamiliarpatternof ship waves.
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This is afamiliarpatternof class relations, with the cottage quite removed in social geography from the household of the good manager.
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The monks' actions reflect afamiliarpattern: the importation of new religious ideas, followed by their assimilation, and an eventual attempt to return to religious purity.
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It is a thoroughlyfamiliarpatternconsisting of propaganda and parliamentary legislation.
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What we have at present is afamiliarpatternof growing redundancy and unemployment.
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Again they start thefamiliarpatternof life that their parents had to endure.
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Unfortunately, once again thefamiliarpatternof administrative delay has reasserted itself in this matter.
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