Sentence examples for confusing patchwork from inspiring English sources

Small business policymaking has been subject to a range of confusing patchwork approaches that have often had minimal impact on the ground.

The others fall somewhere in between, making for a confusing patchwork of skimpy-to-stringent rules.

A confusing patchwork of laws may result.But few expect radical change.

Many business owners say this trend is creating a confusing patchwork.

A proposed national sales tax would replace the confusing patchwork of state and local levies.

Instead, the IOC issued a confusing patchwork of conflicting and insufficient instructions to international sport federations (IFs).

The result is a sometimes confused patchwork of old and new systems, where high-speed 21st-century trains often run on 19th-century rails made for slower trains and less traffic.

The same might be said about the always confusing, usually contentious, seemingly hopeless patchwork called the European Union.

The 1996 welfare overhaul barred most legal immigrants who arrived after August of that year from receiving federal Medicaid until they become citizens, and the state-by-state patchwork of exceptions is confusing.

And in announcing plans to centralize pre-kindergarten and kindergarten admissions in January, Mr. Klein's office called the patchwork of pre-K admissions policies and schedules "confusing, unfair and difficult for families to navigate".

Backers of the pre-emption laws -- including Idaho state Sen. Jim Rice, sponsor of the senate measure -- say they want to avoid a patchwork of different minimum wages across a given state, which they say could be confusing for business owners.