Sentence examples for patchy around from inspiring English sources

While the government's consultation is looking specifically at 2G services, a study commissioned by consumer watchdog Which indicates 3G and 4G coverage is also patchy around the UK.

It is an indication that the situation regarding the performance of both 4G and 3G is complex and patchy around the country but it does make a good case for the overall performance of 4G, said Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) says the picture is patchy around the UK, with less than half (41%) of Scotland's beaches getting the top grade, a 5% drop on the previous year after the country was hit by heavy summer rains and above-average rainfall in 2011.

Family Planning chief executive Jackie Edmond tells VICE, "Although the Ministry of Education are doing their best, meaningful education is really patchy around the country and we think we could be doing much better".

Provision of lymphoedema services is patchy around the UK, and the recommendations are likely to require an increase in staff and facilities.

"There will be patchy rain around tomorrow, more towards the North.

Sports Minister Tracey Crouch, who also attended the event, said: "There are patchy areas around swimming and that is something we need to address.

Its range seems to be rather patchy, particularly around offshore islands, where there are small local populations with limited exchange between them.

In our rescuing lines, we observed that LST-4 localized in a patchy pattern around early (non-condensed, SYTO-negative) apoptotic germ cells (Fig. 2D G), similar to DYN-1 localization [10], [32].

Within the oocyte, Poc1 mRNA appeared concentrated in a patchy distribution around the nucleus ( = germinal vesicle) (Figure 2Ab inset), suggesting an association with perinuclear organelles such as mitochondria (see below), as noted also for a set of germ-plasm marker gene mRNAs (Leclère et al, unpublished data).

In rare instances, estrogens stimulate the intraepidermal melanogenesis, accounting for a possible transient patchy hyperpigmentation around the eyelids and nipples during the premenstrual phase.