The results so far, though, are patchy to say the least.
The Mariners, though, remain as patchy as the turf at North Harbour Stadium.
The sound quality is poor - the person called sounds like they are stuck in a dustbin full of duvets - and reception is patchy, though again that may all be O2's fault.
But with Hurricane Hugo in 1989, Covich said the rain forest sustained substantial, though somewhat patchy, damage.
The SCA boat had also won the inshore race in Abu Dhabi, leading from start to finish, and, with three-time Olympian Carolijn Brouwer at the helm, it edged everyone at the start again but then had to wriggle though some patchy conditions to regain the lead from the Spanish winner of the leg from Sanya, China, Mapfre, skippered by the returning Iker Martinez.
Tridacna maxima clams were abundant on the line and patch reefs in <10 m water, though highly patchy in distribution (Figure 3F).
Cytoplasmic (perinuclear) staining was also seen, in contrast, being prominent, though somewhat patchy, in both controls (median 43%) and in the H.pylori gastritis cases, which gave a slightly higher median distribution of 46.5%.
Admittedly though, the issue is patchy and seems to vary between users.
Outside the financial sector, there is anecdotal evidence of hiring in other areas, though it is patchy.
None the less he threw himself into it with his usual intensity, even though results were patchy at best when he died.
