1.   However, the whole issue of long work hours was so embedded in the culture that few firms dared break the pattern.

2.   They are places where the person goes to break the pattern of constant change.

3.   And when Henderson repeated a phrase over and over, the group boiled with power, only to break the pattern with silence.

4.   Anything to break the pattern.

5.   As choices multiply, tomato fans are breaking old patterns.

6.   At the hearing, several senators lamented previous failings by the Transportation Department to meet deadlines on security issues and urged Magaw to break the pattern.

7.   But last year a combination of factors led the two parties to break their pattern of restraint.

8.   But the comptroller seemed intent Sunday on breaking that pattern by broadening and intensifying the battle.

9.   But their success will depend largely on their ability to break old patterns.

10.   But this year, three tire producers -- all foreign-owned -- broke from the pack in an attempt to break the pattern.