Sentence examples for a patchwork of municipalities from inspiring English sources

Badge drain has long plagued police forces in the county, where a patchwork of municipalities running their own police forces fosters department-hopping.

The Illinois ban, passed by the legislature, creates some consistency in what had become a patchwork of regulations adopted by municipalities around the state, including Chicago.

"In 1896 the Legislature passed the Greater New York Bill, a law that decreed that all the municipalities around New York Harbor — the Cities of New York, Brooklyn, Long Island City, and a patchwork of towns and villages on Staten Island and in Queens County — would be consolidated into one large city on Jan . 1 , 1898 Mr. Miscione said in an e-mail.

Some municipalities, like Paramus, have adopted blue laws that are more restrictive than the county ordinance, creating a patchwork of Sunday shopping rules throughout the county that even residents find hard to follow.

We're a patchwork of small towns".

"We saw a patchwork of different decisions".

Baghdad is a patchwork of building sites.

The result is a patchwork of laws.

"The states have a patchwork of laws.

Growth led to a patchwork of neighbourhood green spaces.

Europe remains a patchwork of national energy policies and regulation.