Sentence examples for had been patchy from inspiring English sources

For weeks data on the American economy had been patchy, indicating a spluttering recovery.

In the beginning, the review process had been patchy and vulnerable to actual violence.

Boris Johnson, the ebullient London mayor, nevertheless confessed that the Olympics effect had been "patchy" so far.

Luiz, a gifted but occasionally rash defender, returned from international duty last month with a bruised knee, but his appearances had been patchy before that under Mourinho.

Sue Turner, the mother of second engineer Iain Rogers, added that the consular support she had received from the British authorities had been "patchy".

But people involved with the talks told the Guardian that progress had been patchy and slow as delegates debate the precise wording of the 50-plus page summary.

But co-ordination has been patchy.

But their progress has been patchy.

Yet the recovery has been patchy.

Implementation of the reform has been patchy.

Legal and judicial reforms have been patchy.