1) The snow had a predictable effect on traffic.

2) The ending of the book was entirely predictable.

3) The disease follows a highly predictable pattern.

4) The film's plot is predictable and the acting is mediocre.

5) This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries.

6) Comets appear at predictable times.

7) The concert was a predictable yawn.

8) I knew you'd say that you're so predictable!

9) Their actions follow a very predictable pattern.

10) Psychological twists perk up an otherwise predictable story line.

11) The film has a boringly predictable ending.

12) Rock music is getting so predictable these days.

13) In Australia, the weather follows a fairly predictable pattern.

14) He asked whether this was predictable from previous performances.

15) The ending to the film was just so predictable.

16) I hate predictable men.

17) The working class usually react/reacts in a predictable way to government policies.

18) It was a predictable death for a man who had lived a life of violence.

19) Logan's reaction was predictable.

20) Horror movies can be so predictable.

21) The toddlers react to a visitor in predictable ways.

22) The reasons are, of course,[http:///predictable.html] entirely predictable.

23) The book is almost predictable from this information.

24) He was fairly predictable except in one important respect.

25) In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.

26) England's defeat in the third test match was sadly predictable.

27) He's very nice, but I find him rather dull and predictable.

28) Perhaps I had misjudged him, and he was not so predictable after all.

29) Changes in the stock market are, of course, highly un - predictable .

30) The show was well performed, but so safe and predictable.

1) The snow had a predictable effect on traffic.

2) The ending of the book was entirely predictable.

3) The disease follows a highly predictable pattern.

4) The film's plot is predictable and the acting is mediocre.

5) In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.

6) This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries.

7) England's defeat in the third test match was sadly predictable.

8) Their actions follow a very predictable pattern.

9) Changes in the stock market are, of course, highly un - predictable .

31) This organized feeding of the media produced predictable results.

32) The movie plods along with predictable twists and turns.

33) Many of these exchanges followed a predictable pattern.

34) All this leaves one final, predictable reason for optimism.

35) Except the consequences are completely predictable.

36) The results were predictable: Drug use dropped dramatically.

37) The results of this inactivity epidemic are predictable.

38) Some facets are predictable and, therefore, controllable.

39) A Newtonian dashpot also behaves in a predictable manner.

40) He was cautious, banal and predictable.

41) But is there a predictable pattern behind their panache?

42) The notes are sadly predictable, however, in their dogmatism.

43) The most predictable compensation is the hyperventilation that occurs in simple metabolic acidosis.

44) Taken in by the local orphanage, he runs into the predictable: tough older boys, giggling schoolgirls, angry parents.

44) try its best to collect and create good sentences.

45) All multiplex companies operate similar regimes with regard to staff behaviour to ensure that their work is predictable.

46) The universally-shared human motive of rational self-interest makes human action predictable, generalisable and controllable.

47) The balance of our response shifts with this knowledge: Flaubert becomes plodding and predictable.

48) Haslam believes this experience taught him the need to recognise that many products follow a predictable life cycle.

49) That is, events might not have continued behaving in the regular and predictable ways that could be described by such laws.

50) That was all fairly predictable, and unlikely to prove of lasting damage.

51) In one condition, the target word was highly predictable from the context.

52) Women's lives used to follow a predictable pattern: school, then marriage and children.

53) It will continue to make decisions whose predictable outcomes make the prospect for improvement seem increasingly remote.

54) But in actuality, disambiguation is not unprincipled and random; rather, it is usually quite predictable.

55) The reason we create artificial environments instead Of accepting natural ones is that we like our environments to be constant and predictable.

56) The amount of delegation that occurs is thus highly variable and seldom entirely predictable.

57) The hypocritical contrast between this elegant exterior and the sordid inner man is presented in a pedestrian and predictable manner.

58) Not exactly funny, I think, but predictable and almost bearable.

59) And just like individual people, organizations develop predictable ways of responding to challenge and change.

60) So we get bits of all these: all superficial, all framed around the most drearily predictable judgments.

61) Ways that are not predictable from a theoretical model, or concept.

62) But her early surge soon gave way to predictable ring-rust after five years off the professional circuit.

63) A series of predictable actions and reactions gradually erodes their adaptive resources.

64) Predictable starting up a corporate hierarchy grows increasingly uncommon, and frequent movement around the webs of organizational activity is increasing.

65) My dad's so predictable - every evening he comes home, has two beers, and falls asleep in front of the TV.

66) The negative consequences of inappropriate behaviour should be predictable to the child: he/she should know what to expect.

67) The movie was completely predictable - I couldn't wait for it to end.

68) Topping believes Flexibots will have the kind of precision normally restricted to factory robots working in fixed, predictable environments.

69) Their interpretability, however, must not be exaggerated; their meanings are not necessarily wholly predictable on first acquaintance.

70) It was not quite so predictable that he would become one of the most addicted poker players in town.

71) There is a predictable life cycle to the enjoyment of wealth by a particular sector as a result of technological gains.

72) Finally, constant review and justification of budgets may deny managers a stable and predictable environment in which to operate effectively.

73) What happens to those who step outside the predictable patterns and regularities?

74) In principle these constellations are knowable,[http:///predictable.html] and criminal behaviour fully predictable.

75) According to current theories, all of this is entirely predictable, depending solely upon the distance the Earth is from the Sun.

76) Orfeo had a mixed reception, with predictable hostility on the part of Mazarin's enemies.

77) The end twist clicks into place in a satisfying, if slightly predictable, way.

78) But, on the dodges and self-deceptions of role reversal, this play is indefatigably predictable.

79) Governments should aim to make their policy instruments as predictable as possible soas to minimize confusion and hence undesirable fluctuations in output.

80) His assassination was predictable, although how the murderer passed by the android security guards had yet to be explained.

81) In this sense the more predictable aggregate demand is, the more efficient the economy is.

82) It was another violent shift in a life and a career which never had an even, an easy or predictable pattern.

83) Most disaster aid will continue to go to road building(), housing and relocating people out of harm's predictable way.

84) There, in predictable manner, we sing our hymns and say our prayers.

85) Norden said the predictable schedule at the Wal-Mart center should be attractive to over-the-road drivers.

86) Bureaucratic control binds individuals through incentives and disincentives to behave in predictable ways.

87) I looked at her, I go, am I that predictable?

88) Volatility increased, and the extent as well as the direction of change became less predictable.

89) Atkinson wanted the commands to be geographically predictable, the same place in every application.

90) Unlike most of his contemporaries, Darwin realized that the human race was not the predictable end-product of a universal progressive trend.

91) For this we need material which provides as much visual support as possible and situations where the language is highly predictable.

92) Where such chains exist, an apparently random journey through a network becomes a fairly predictable matter.

93) Because tasks in organisations are almost always interdependent, it is essential that personnel act in a calculable and predictable manner.

94) Unfortunately, it seems extremely unlikely that predictable technology will be equipped to amass large quantities of antimatter.

95) The Panthers' offense is fairly predictable, and the 49ers spent the offseason studying their defense.

96) At least we can still count on self-interest as a predictable factor ... I suppose it's the last to go.

97) We now know that scientific management had a predictable result.

98) According to their particular view of life, individuals always act in an orderly and predictable way.

99) The disappearance of predictable career paths means that all employees have to take more responsibility for planning their own careers.

100) Some people respond to the cycle of failure and depression in fairly predictable ways.

101) The easiest thing in this situation is to do nothing and rest miserably in the comfort zone of doing something predictable.

102) Chaotic mechanisms could also serve to make a population less predictable to a predator.

103) If Jarman comes dangerously close in the last to propagating the politics of ennui, his visual imagery is anything but predictable.

104) What had seemed so fresh and enticing at first was now stale[/predictable.html], predictable.

105) The movie plods along with predictable twists and turns you can see coming for miles.

106) When the manager received orders from above, each element arrived at a predictable time and belonged to an understood sequence.

107) The harmonic language has become more complex, less predictable, too.

108) Sometimes the emphasis on gender politics sounds more predictable or heavy handed.

109) I noted in chapter 1 that the contemporary evidence suggests predictable patterns of the flow of support between generations.

110) A high-octane blend of action and patriotism fuel this predictable, average action flick.

111) As he varied the position of the food source, the dance varied in a predictable way.

112) Everyday experience is generally highly predictable and so rarely offers such surprises.

113) The gender distribution also followed a predictable pattern, with the overwhelming majority, 85 percent, being male.

114) The effect of chronic alcohol abuse on gastric acid secretion is not as predictable.

115) Cooking huge meals was another predictable way she had of showing love for her family.

116) The timing of showers is highly predictable: from year to year meteor showers occur on the same dates.

117) After 10 days and three predictable victories they were promoted, thanks to Woking dropping a point.

118) Resolute Of late they have simply become too predictable when seeking the back of the net.

119) I personally felt that the characters were very stereo-typed and extremely predictable.

120) There are few predictable elements to this conflict -- the only certainty is that the situation will worsen before it gets better.

121) Because such potentially distressing events are predictable, but unavoidable, they are an ideal focus for an investigation of coping behaviours.

122) Tens of thousands of AIDS cases over many years uniformly fit into predictable patterns.

123) This means that the performance of human systems tends to be far more variable and less predictable than that of mechanical systems.

124) This is a much more predictable menace, however, at least to those in major league baseball.

125) The clock apparently marks time by carrying out a predictable and elaborate process of synthesizing and destroying molecules within living cells.

126) The whole effect is as if an aftermarket body-kit specialist has had a go at embellishing a 911, with the predictable result.

127) The property tax will be levied, on the predictable base of immovable property, to yield the required annual debt repayments.

128) The gradual decline and progressively more severe consequences are not predictable.

129) Some language learners also find it easier to hear e.g. a word initial sound at a predictable point in a frame.

130) The fact that there was resistance to these proposals was entirely predictable.

131) The questionnaire turned up some other useful insights - some predictable, several less so.

132) The violence on May Day was the direct and predictable result of the absence of boundaries and the abdication of responsibility.

133) Some of the patterns produced are, indeed, predictable from the existing laws of mechanics.

134) They concluded that people as a whole react to events and to social and economic changes in reasonable and predictable ways.

135) And accordingly, listeners process acoustic information less carefully when dealing with predictable words.

136) The position of ethnic minorities with regard to the use of education services is predictable.

137) The development of alliances Neither bloc was monolithic nor entirely predictable at the outset.

138) Nevertheless, the artificial fluoridation of a community water supply does have certain predictable consequences.

139) The punditry waxed more predictable by the hour even if the financial markets did not.

140) The ongoing problem with the live-virus vaccine, however, is that it carries a small but predictable risk of paralytic polio.

141) When women do try to make such claims, this sets up predictable antagonisms between brothers and sisters.

142) Perceptions of Labour chances remained more predictable, though they too became rather more homogeneous as the campaign came to an end.

143) Charles summoned Adeane, they had yet another blazing row, and Adeane returned to the more predictable workings of the Bar.

144) The last round can therefore be written off as predictable.

145) I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances, Be more active, Show up more often. Brian Tracy 

146) Louis and New Orleans are all starting over this season with new coaches, with predictable results.

147) The review: Vitale sightings at this time of the year are as predictable as receiving fruitcake at Christmas.

148) One learns to grow suspicious of cosy, predictable and sentimental prayer meetings.

149) It was predictable that the medical establishment, so hidebound and reactionary, would reject Dr Stone's ideas.

150) The result should be health care that is more predictable and efficient.

151) In the current economic climate it is fairly predictable that unemployment will continue to rise.

152) The producer should reasonably foresee what might be done with the goods, such as predictable misuse by a child.

153) In both cases, the results are at first glance highly predictable.

154) Economic perceptions were fairly predictable in the Pre-Campaign Wave and became more so towards the end of the campaign.

155) When a vicious tackle leaves him blinded from a spinal injury, his life takes the predictable downward trajectory.

156) They must learn how to manipulate what is not a predictable machine into something which resembles one.

157) The passengers drifted in from their rooms and the dome car and fell into by now predictable patterns of seating.

158) Their movements are therefore highly predictable, which gives tidal power a distinct advantage over many other renewable energy forms.

159) The drug is usually effective but unfortunately the side effects are not always predictable.

160) But it is still highly improbable, a fluke of nature, not a predictable outcome.

161) Relative preferences for the Alliance were much less predictable than for Labour or Conservative. 2.

162) But the really challenging upshot of the report was not this predictable hypocrisy.

163) This had been carried out inside the health department and had come up with findings that were easily predictable.

164) It may become dull and mechanized, lowering its performance standards and expectations in the inter-est of predictable functionality.

164) is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.

165) Hoe many of us could 7 survive for long without some predictable pattern or regularity in our lives?

166) What was not predictable, however, was the extreme stand taken by delegates from the University Reform Front.

167) Here no language is presented in the programme, but the situations mimed are ones where the language would be fairly predictable.

168) Those who expected a predictable finale to this unpredictable match got far more than they anticipated.

169) They also blitzed continually on first and second downs, putting the Raiders in more predictable, long-yardage situations.

170) He began his speech in fairly predictable, George Bush style, slow and a bit boring.

171) This was predictable, though, looking back at historical evidence relating to a Friday Christmas.

172) The photographs are fairly predictable and unexceptional.

173) Demand for industrial salt is steady and predictable.

174) The result was entirely predictable.

175) The cracking has occurred in a predictable manner and time.

176) The cost of litigation will be more affordable and predictable.

177) Russia's future is less predictable and modernisation more elusive than either was a decade ago.

178) What is most distressing is how predictable all of this was.

179) We are committed to an open, equitable , rule - based, predictable and non - discriminatory multilateral trading and financial system.

180) Senior citizens long for a more predictable and secure future.

181) Whatever else one could say about McDonald's food, it is eminently predictable.

182) Until the most recent series of test, results had been predictable.

183) Every adversaries are more comfortable with a predictable, coherent America.