Writing (Idiom) Question

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<p>I was recently going through the Top Twelve SAT Grammar Rules from Larry Krieger's new site and was confused by this question:</p>

<p>During times of rising employment, many workers feel significant pressure
to conform to/with the patterns of behavior in their corporate cultures. </p>

<p>I said to but the correct answer was with. I looked it up in the dictionary and it said that both to and with can be used; so why is it with in this case?</p>

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<p>It seems to me that the words would change the meaning of the sentence. “conform to the patterns” would make it seem like they are entirely changing to the behavior, whereas “conform with the patterns” would imply some degree of mutual change.</p>

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<p>If what you say is right, this is kind of a silly question and either preposition should work.</p>

<p>Thanks for the response. (:</p>