The Labour vote again increased which was against the national pattern.

He said that, locally, "energy tends to be very close to the national pattern."

New York City fits in with all the national patterns.

Several factors have contributed to the national pattern of temporary shortages, experts say.

The center served a vast area and set a national pattern for regional perinatal care.

In Canada, provincial political trends are often divorced from the national pattern.

To what extent are national and regional patterns of health taken into consideration?

No widow would inherit it, contrary to the national pattern.

The success or failure of such a campaign follows a fairly predictable national pattern.

Regulations set in California, which has the nation's most severe ozone problem by far, appear to be setting a national pattern.