1.   They are studying behavior patterns among high-school students.

2.   Although Cerveny and research partner Robert Balling were studying weather patterns on the East Coast, the pattern could apply to the Midwest as well.

3.   Bard and researcher Robert R. Provine of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County made their findings by studying acoustical patterns of laughter in both species.

4.   According to researchers who have studied the pattern, its resiliency can be traced to several structural factors.

5.   But investigators have formed some opinions by studying patterns in previous cases.

6.   By studying patterns of damage to the victims, the investigators had helped to rule out a possible bomb in the cabin.

7.   By studying burn patterns in the vegetation, investigators figured out exactly how and where the fire began.

8.   Experts of all stripes are studying the patterns of the past and present, trying to project tomorrow.

9.   For much of this century, most Western economists studying the patterns of growth came down on the side of the rich.

10.   Goldman said he concentrated on wall panels rather than robes, which were more available, because it was easier to study the patterns in flat pieces.