Unfortunately there is a certain predictability to the setup.

When one culture has the big guns and the other has none, there is a certain predictability about the outcome.

In this well-preserved shore-front town, life has a certain predictability.

The ship still bucked beneath him, but the change in course had brought a certain predictability to her motion.

There's a certain predictability that springs from almost any situation.

It lacks any certain predictability, and there is no model or playbook for dealing with it.

Though the takers vary each night, there is a certain predictability in the bread line across the street from Yale University's main campus.

He tested the hypothesis and, with a certain dreary predictability, it turned out to be true.

At their worst, they sometimes exhibit a certain predictability of pace and event.

Faced with a deficit, there is a certain predictability to the response.