Sentence examples for in the patchwork from inspiring English sources
Small holes sized precisely for rifle muzzles had been made in the patchwork rampart.
Another would allow the Legislature to regulate wineries in the patchwork of wet and dry localities throughout the state.
She said that the climate in Buffalo was right for wrapping herself in the patchwork quilt of domesticity.
The various law reform bodies say there are too many gaps in the patchwork and we have to go further.
In the patchwork of shifting allegiances that is Pakistan's northwest frontier, Mr. Malik had previously been part of the Taliban.
Mr. Amash, 30, a lawyer and the youngest member of the freshman class, stands out even in the patchwork quilt of the 86 often-colorful Republican freshmen.
The IP bill is the government's attempt to update and extend the surveillance capabilities of the security and intelligence agencies — replacing the long-in-the-tooth patchwork of legislation currently used to authorize intercepts with a clearer legal framework.
Although this result can be interpreted as a confirmation of the retrograde model, other studies [ 7, 8] showed that homologous enzymes are found in different pathways more often than in the same pathway, in accordance with the patchwork model.
In the patchwork-like structured world of practice research in mental health organizations [ 14], it is not uncommon that every researcher defines his or her own dataset from scratch.
Charles Schumer appreciates the strong federal interest in modernizing the patchwork of aging voting systems.
Such perfect metaphors all condensed in one: the patchwork of fields, the crop sewn directly into the ground, the conjuring of grain out of grain sacks.
