Sentence examples for patchy understanding of from inspiring English sources
Scientists have only a patchy understanding of the steps in between.
What European leaders did not seem to have anticipated was the US president's patchy understanding of the bloc.
They did this, Mr Bové explained, not only because burgers are a disgusting expression of American culinary imperialism but also in protest at "what the WTO and the big companies want to do with the world".Quite a lot of us derive our patchy understanding of globalisation from such well-publicised high jinks.
Yet the current patchy understanding of radioactive fracking waste's fate in the environment precludes making good decisions about its management.
The report also noted a "patchy" understanding within law enforcement of the dynamics and impact of coercive control, a pattern of intimidating and domineering behavior that is often a key part of an abusive relationship.
Much of our understanding of colonization of patchy habitats is derived from studies in which colonizing fauna respond strongly to biotic stimuli.
We understand a lot about how phylogenetic inferences work, but our understanding of how tree inference from patchy data works is still in its infancy.
Our current understanding of this picture is very patchy.
There is even less understanding of microorganisms and only limited and patchy knowledge of zooplankton; research on zooplankton ecology has increased recently, but is not yet finding its way into OBIS.
The current understanding of the basis of genetic obesity is patchy, although a number of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are known.
Cytokine-hormone network deregulations underpin pathologies ranging from autoimmune disorders to cancer, but our understanding of these networks in physiological/pathophysiological states remains patchy.
