Sentence examples for effort is patchy from inspiring English sources

But the relief effort is patchy.

Beam trawling effort is extremely patchy, and fishers have favoured 'tows' which they trawl repeatedly while adjacent areas may be virtually unfished.

Clearly, trawling effort is very patchy,[9] and while some areas of seabed are trawled >4 times per year, others are virtually unfished.

A major limitation of global analyses is that research effort is extremely patchy in space.

Despite compelling evidence on the importance of exclusive breastfeeding and sustained efforts to encourage it, progress is patchy.

The result is patchy.

Electricity is patchy.

Still, compliance is patchy.

Quality is patchy, however.

Customer service is patchy.

So coverage is patchy.