"The focus shifts to the recurrent patterns in a person's life - the failed relationships, for example."

But what about the recurrent pattern of risk-taking behaviors?

There is also a recurrent pattern related to gender.

That was a recurrent pattern among several who worked for my father.

They then investigated other academic papers, finding a recurrent pattern.

It is unified, powerfully, by recurrent patterns and an informing theme.

Finally, the recurrent pattern of reconnaissance not gaining recognition commensurate with its importance developed during these years.

At one point the author does speak of a recurrent pattern in Arab history, but he seems reluctant to highlight such possible patterns.

Meningococcal meningitis in western Africa shows recurrent seasonal patterns every year.

It included both previously discovered recurrent patterns of evolution and newly discovered ones.