If past patterns are anything to go by, nearly all the hundreds of men seized will be released.

If we do keep up our past patterns then I think that inevitably means high unemployment is here to stay.

And past patterns indicate that as prices fall, the products themselves will become more functional.

He simply prefers to factor in emerging trends than to reflect on past patterns and behavior.

And if past patterns held, Allied's share price would have, at best, not moved at all.

On Wednesday, both sides seemed to lose patience and revert to past patterns.

Cleaning the beat meant fitting each new situation into past patterns, trying to handle them according to traditional recipes.

If past patterns are any guide, about one in three Americans will go without health insurance for some part of the next two years.

They try to predict the future largely by revealing past patterns of earthquake activity.

And if past patterns are followed, other unions will use the job security approach at Ford as a guide for their own bargaining.