Sentence examples for data are patchy from inspiring English sources
But historical cross-country comparisons are difficult to make; the data are patchy, and different countries measure differently.
Data are patchy but suggest that start-ups do deliver better results.
Kevin Trenberth of America's National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), who co-ordinated the relevant part of the 2007 IPCC report, claims the study is skewed by the way the authors calculate the influence of humidity, wind and clouds on which data are patchy.
Data are patchy, but according to new figures from the China-Latin America Finance Database, a joint effort between the Inter-American Dialogue, a think-tank, and Boston University, China committed almost $100 billion to Latin America between 2005 and 2013 (see chart).
The single mothers left to do the job now swell the growing ranks of the poor, and have little hope, except in remarriage, of ever doing better.The data are patchy, but a recent survey by the Russian Academy of Sciences says that 28% of all children are born to unwed mothers.
However, Glover has found that the data are patchy and the gaps need to be filled before the policy-makers will focus on the problem.
The availability of data on 55 core indicators for 157 countries has never exceeded 70%, it found (see chart).MDG data are patchiest in small countries and those mired in conflict.
In some subjects, the data is patchy as student returns fall below statistically acceptable levels.
