Suddenly, the customary pattern of heavy snows in the winter followed by summer monsoons had become unpredictable.

His still life featuring a fish being prepared for cooking is remarkable for its soft color and aspiration to volume over the customary linear pattern.

The ceiling surface is not in the customary basket-weave pattern.

Among its depictions there is a roughly equal number of deer and horses, with a lesser number of cattle, following the customary pattern of this cave.

There, among its fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, four generations of women have practiced the art of quilting, creating quilts that resemble abstract paintings more than the customary patterns.

At first glance the unit appeared to be its usual self, its complex coils, squat dyna-mos, its serpentine tubings and compressors arranged in their customary pattern.

His unusual decision to relent on threatened cutbacks even before he started serious negotiations with the City Council was a break with the city's customary pattern of budget negotiations.

In the early 19th century, a combination of factors began to change the customary pattern.

There will be the usual livestock competition, of course, and I presume that the equestrian events will follow their customary pattern.

Purchase and consumption habits will be firmly anchored in customary patterns, which it will be difficult to break.