However, the emerging pattern is something akin to the Hollywood studio system, with the big companies still responsible for some of their own creative output, but acting mainly as banker-distributors for smaller companies' ideas.

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In the emerging world the pattern will be different, but the outcome more painful.

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"I would be very surprised if we didn't see this boom and bust pattern emerging in these areas as well, " she told BBC News.

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There is a pattern emerging in Europe.

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See the pattern emerging?

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England are just three games into their one-day programme but already an uncomfortable pattern is emerging.

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It is possible to detect a pattern of sorts emerging in Mr Paulson's interventions.

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Unfortunately this pattern has been emerging in many other firms, in multiple industry sectors, over the past couple of years.

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See any pattern and more definitive narrative and themes emerging now?

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He invented an innovative fly pattern, called TruForm, which accurately mimics the natural profile of an emerging mayfly.

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Although the role of any sustained global green recovery in reducing the chronic trade surpluses in Asian and other emerging market economies is more complex, a necessary step will be to rebalance the pattern of economic growth in these economies to absorb more of their savings domestically.

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