For a country of movie addicts, animated films have had patchy success.
His attempts to put the chuckles into Chomsky, although brave, meet with only patchy success.
The 38-year-old leader has tried, albeit with patchy success, to promote reform at home.
Efforts to attract private investment for infrastructure have had only patchy success.
So, when it comes to the patchy success in predicting Garden State weather, don't blame the meteorologists alone.
The successful prosecution of Mahdi will, however, be a boost to the ICC, which has been heavily criticised for its expense and patchy success in prosecution.
Not everyone agrees, but their findings contribute to a growing debate over river and stream restoration, a big business with increasing popularity but patchy success.
Mr. Thomas, a neo-soul singer who got his start in Chicago, had patchy success with his next two albums, which generally took a more optimistic tone.
Pearson points to the patchy success of means-tested pension and social protection schemes such as the Old Age Allowance (OAA) system in place in Bangladesh, where older people have to qualify for support instead of being automatically entitled to a monthly pension once they reach retirement age.
Iraq's homegrown forces are still too badly motivated, too lacking in national as opposed to sectarian spirit, too skimpily trained and too badly equipped to keep the peace on their own.For sure, the surge has had some modest, patchy success.
