Sentence examples for at best patchy from inspiring English sources
She said the compulsory sex education in place was "at best patchy" and said schools needed to have a clear legal duty to stop sexual harassment or violence.
The fire alarm system is at best patchy.
Often, in China, laws look good on paper, but enforcement is, at best, patchy.
It is very expensive – the free schools bill runs into the billions – and the benefits are, at best, patchy.
As well as separatist Muslims, new Sikh and Hindu organisations are emerging and the quality of leadership among these emerging groups is at best, patchy.
Graciously, Dr Mahathir conceded this might have been a mistake he should have chosen Najib Razak, the deputy prime minister.But even Dr Mahathir must admit that his record in picking successors is, at best, patchy.
In fact, one of the world's foremost experts on serial killers, the British criminologist David Wilson, says that the gay community receives "at best, a patchy service from the police".
Unless that issue could be addressed openly, he said, then there would at best be "patchy results" when it came to training.
These days, British 1p and 2p "coppers" are made from copper-plated steel, plus there is at best only patchy evidence that copper repels slugs in the first place.
