regional pattern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofregionalandpattern
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regional
adjective
uk/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/us/ˈriː.dʒən.əl/
relating to or coming from a particular part of ...
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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 ofregionalandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofregional pattern
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A similarregionalpatternappears in complements with indirect objects.
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Three speakers do not fit thisregionalpattern.
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Palaeocurrent measurements from this member show too much regional variation to suggest any simpleregionalpattern.
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It is highly unlikely that excess argon would produce aregionalpatternof such consistency.
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Theregionalpatternis different.
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The more the corpus is expanded to include speakers from different regions, the more diverse theregionalpatternbecomes.
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In spite of localized differences in how age organization operated in various communities, a consistentregionalpatternemerges.
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However, a similarregionalpatternwas observed among the birth cohorts born in the 1940s, which proves that the regional pattern was already present in this period (data not shown).
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There has been a very distinctregionalpattern.
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Figure 8 displays theregionalpatternof one of the conditioning factors for syllabic 0 l 0: that is, preceding consonant.
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Thirdly, what thought has he given to theregionalpatternof public expenditure?
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Certainly, it is somewhat hard to see how aregionalpatterncould be discerned.
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Figures for the individual regions assume that the existingregionalpatternof unemployment continues.
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His very recommendation of thisregionalpatternwas a recommendation for the continuation of uncertainty.
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Thisregionalpatternof afforestation efforts supports the usually highlighted trend of a decreasing natural forest and a growing forest cover in regions that were not traditionally timber bases.
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I now move on to the claim that the index should be based upon aregionalpattern.
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It is extraordinary that the announcement of that survey made no mention of what has happened to theregionalpatternof investment intentions.
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There is no reason to believe that it intends to change theregionalpatternthat it is proposed it might purchase.
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A similarregionalpatternof net benefits and costs could occur for economic (market-sector) effects.
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Its western part contains aregionalpatternof east-west trending 100to200kmmi -1 wide granitic greenstone and metasedimentary belts (subprovinces).
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Generally, there is little correlation between need and theregionalpatternof provision, although this should be emerging in nursery education as it is expanded under the urban programme.
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