Sentence examples for a patchwork of government from inspiring English sources

Virtually all Colorado's "floatable" rivers run through a patchwork of government and private land.

However, private student loans – which don't always carry the same consumer protections as federal student loans – have been overseen by a patchwork of government agencies.

Founded more than 30 years ago, the center, like other members of the Cultural Equity Group, has struggled to put together a patchwork of government, corporate and foundation support, all of which waxes and wanes.

Mr. Matthews added, "Given our funding and regulatory limitations, which are from a patchwork of government sources, we will continue to bargain in good faith in attempting to reach agreement".

Increasingly, rising crude oil prices, a patchwork of government policies, mismanagement, corruption, neglect, the monopoly of the energy sector, and obsolete energy infrastructure have become major contributory factors to the supply shortfalls.

Rather a patchwork of government and non-government services provide piecemeal services to some former inmates, with their family and friends expected to provide all other supports.

Jeff Tittel, executive director of the New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club, said the drinking water supply was such a crucial issue that it would be irresponsible of the state to leave its protection to a patchwork of local governments.

The suggestions aligned with President Obama's effort to promote local collaboration and strategic regional planning in metropolitan areas, which are the nation's economic powerhouses but are ruled by a patchwork of local governments that often compete at the expense of regional development.

Batticaloa, and the surrounding province, which shares its name, was the epicenter of Karuna's rebellion, a predominantly Tamil region where the ceasefire lines describe a confusing patchwork of government and Tiger territories.

Somalia is also divided into a patchwork of self-governing regions, many of them hostile to the central government.

Syria's economy is at a standstill, paralysed by fuel shortages and the splintering of the country into a patchwork of semi-autonomous fiefs, where government control is often exercised only sporadically, at gunpoint.