The nurse said Mrs Richards' "legs were in a sort of figure four pattern, with one of her legs bent".

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The triangle formation seen on Figure 2 is generally a continuation pattern, but sometimes can be a topping pattern.

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The technique is mainly passed from fathers to children or from masters to apprentices strictly following ancient Buddhist painting books that provide instruction on line and figure drawing, colour matching and pattern design.

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Birds-eye figure is (surprise) a grain pattern reminiscent of hundreds of small bird's eyes scattered across the face of a board or veneer.

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On the charts, April gold futures have plunged out of a wedge pattern drawn on the daily chart, see Figure 1 below.

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Moreover, as the figure shows, there has been almost no change in this pattern since 1998, despite an 80 percent increase in real health insurance costs.

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The figure in the 1991 census showed a slight growth in the number of speakers compared with 1981, reversing a pattern of decline which had existed through most of the 20th Century.

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