Sentence examples for patchwork of countries from inspiring English sources

Namely, how will it make monetary policy for a patchwork of countries as some become mired in a global slowdown and others — Germany, for example — are stalked by inflation?

The UN's refugee agency, the UNHCR, called on the EU to avoid fragmenting into a patchwork of countries with different border rules, which would plunge thousands of refugees into "legal limbo".

Moreover, even with state-by-state regulation of insurance as well as some aspects of banking in the United States, and even with the European Union smoothing out the regulatory differences among its 15 member nations, the Europeans say that doing business in America is easier and less costly than it is in the patchwork of countries and languages that make up Europe.

Africa is a patchwork of countries, some very different than others.

Analysts say the continent must consolidate its patchwork of small countries and 30 overlapping trade blocs into a single huge market.

Less than three years after independence the country is a patchwork of land contested by the government of President Salva Kiir and rebels loyal to his former deputy, Riek Machar.In this section A clueless government An easier part of the world not Little law, less order The sphinx speaks Will it be cut off?

"The Constitution and the federal immigration laws do not permit the development of a patchwork of state and local immigration policies throughout the country," the suit says.

Across the country, officials are scrambling to get a patchwork of state and federal regulations in place so that large businesses can get the necessary permits starting Jan . 2

Washington's focus on the role of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the demands from some in American politicians that it be kept from power at all costs, concerns large numbers of people who see the organisation as part of the patchwork of their country's politics - even if some Egyptians share American fears.

The Code's inclusion of all countries, sectors and types of health workers makes it distinct from previous declarations by filling the perceived gaps among the patchwork of previous country-, region- and profession-specific instruments (see Table  3) [ 43, 46].

Still, America is a big country, and its election system is actually a clumsily stitched-together patchwork of state systems, each with their own rules.