Broadly, these categories covered how widespread a particular behaviour pattern was if it was present at a site, and possible reasons for why it was not there if it was absent.

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Detectives tracked down a number of ex-girlfriends, who all described a similar pattern of behaviour when they got involved with him.

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And they will not change the overall pattern of behaviour in California.

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Police described the killer as behaving ruthlessly, but without much logic, a pattern of behaviour they suggest is not consistent with a professional hitman.

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"The referral relates to an incident in November 2012 when Mr Lawrence was stopped by police officers but the complaint also alleges an overall pattern of behaviour against him by MPS officers on the grounds of his ethnicity, " the statement said.

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Despite the reputation of many large sharks as effective hunters, few studies have examined whether they follow any pattern in their foraging behaviour.

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You as a leader then describe the behaviour that you observed (for example, when Wes Welker ran the hitch pattern but was only 12 yards downfield compared to the 15 yards that was called for).

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All are traditional Democratic issues, but in concentrating on them Latinos are following the pattern of earlier immigrants: they are adopting middle-class American patterns of political behaviour, rather than putting their ethnic identity above everything else.

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