Sentence examples for messy patchwork from inspiring English sources

The underlying problem is a messy patchwork of international tax rules, some almost a century old.

The result, analysts said, is a messy patchwork of overlapping institutions that threatens to create a security vacuum.

The health bill survives, but as a messy patchwork of compromises with various interest groups.It is harder to change the NHS than any other public service.

Still, Delhi's overburdened bus transportation system, a messy patchwork of public and private operators, remains vulnerable to abuse by hundreds of rogue operators like Yadav Travels, which thrive because of a bus shortage in the capital, officials and analysts say.

Regarding California's initiative, the Bush White House took the view that allowing states to set their own emissions standards would create a messy patchwork of regulations across the country, making it harder for the car manufacturers to comply.

Elsewhere, there has been a messy patchwork of transactions, such as BNP Paribas's takeover of Italy's Banca Nazionale del Lavoro and Crédit Agricole's buyout of Emporiki Bank in Greece.Then there is that dream of every ambitious chief executive world domination.

A messy urban patchwork of Wi-Fi signals is being gradually woven into a blanket of coverage which may soon be equal to the signals pumped out by mobile phone masts.

Messages are segmented into portions that are filled up individually — to create the overall messy messaging patchwork that is a Honk!

If we don't back it up with a legal duty, we'll get an even messier and complicated patchwork of support across the country.

Washington says it wants to strike more ambitious deals with individual Latin American nations, but the prospect of a patchwork of minideals is a messy one, and one potentially unfair to those countries that have made greater concessions to Washington.

The alternative — a global regulatory patchwork, with havens for leverage junkies — could be just as messy, however.