Sentence examples for data is patchy and from inspiring English sources

We have an idea, but the data is patchy and complex.

Since trafficking is run by illegal gangs and the communities involved are poor and remote, official data is patchy and probably underestimates the scale of the problem, according to experts.

However, the data is patchy and sporadic.

But historical cross-country comparisons are difficult to make; the data are patchy, and different countries measure differently.

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.

But Janet Ranganathan of the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., notes that the self-reported data are patchy and sometimes unreliable, so she cautions that it's too soon to predict an end to deforestation.

Child protection data are patchy and often unreliable and there is a general lack of evidence about child protection approaches that have been proven to work.

Histological and ultrastructural data support this view, but such data are patchy and currently available only for a limited number of taxa [ 4, 8, 9, 12, 69].

In an average American hospital, that figure would have fallen to 16% and (though the data is patchy) roughly the same, or less, if your heart were to have stopped beating in a British hospital.

In some subjects, the data is patchy as student returns fall below statistically acceptable levels.

Although the data is patchy at best it appears these cuts have coincided with deteriorating mental health among young people.