Now, I knew that the behavior he told me he wanted to change was only an example of a much more important and pervasive pattern.

A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior)

Is this simply a quirk or is it part of a more pervasive behavioral pattern?

Note also the pervasive pattern of alliteration, where the first and/or second stress alliterate with the third, but not with the fourth.

Surely all sports fans recognize the pervasive pattern of improvement in absolute records through time.

Despite these pervasive patterns, changes for individual areas are sometimes small.

A) A pervasive pattern of self-defeating behavior, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.

Where there's a pervasive pattern of mismanagement, I'm powerless.

We are talking about a pervasive pattern in the courts.

DHS staff would have to prove a pervasive pattern of sexual and physical abuse with the minor children.