11.   If his pattern holds, the detectives have six days to find the boys before they are killed.

12.   If current patterns hold, a half-billion people who are alive today will eventually be killed by tobacco.

13.   If the nit-picker is a homemaker, this same pattern holds and those living with a homemaker nit-picker may have trouble relaxing when at home.

14.   If the pattern holds, Milosevic will soldier on, using Big Lie manipulation of television to tap into a collective soft spot in the Serbian psyche.

15.   If the pattern holds, there will also be a reduction in jobs and a concerted effort to reduce the pain through attrition and maybe buyouts.

16.   If that pattern holds in the ballots yet to be counted, McCain could easily overtake Bush.

17.   If the pattern holds there will be a flurry of activity in free agency over the next month, with the big-name players signing early, then a lull.

18.   If historic patterns hold, Democrats stand to return to majority status in both the House and the Senate.

19.   Moreover, the pattern holds not only in the United States, but also in several other countries.

20.   Poster collectors complained that the gaily colored abstract pattern held no message and was executed as a single copy instead of in multiples, as usual.