Sentence examples for piecemeal progress from inspiring English sources

McPhearson said he was not discouraged by the slow and piecemeal progress, legislatively or otherwise, that's been made in the years since Martin's death.

It is piecemeal progress, but the threat of a big fine seems to focus minds more clearly than any amount of talk about lofty legislation.

Piecemeal progress has been made in areas such as Torbay, in Devon, where unnecessary emergency admissions have been reduced through rapid assessments and provision of equipment and support.

With planes from China and Japan also expected to join the hunt, the sudden concentration of resources on the basis of such inconclusive evidence reflects growing desperation after 14 days of piecemeal progress.

The world has a clear choice, he said: "Either we inch along making piecemeal progress, or we now turn the full weight of our knowledge, resources and commitment against this epidemic".

Buxton remembers the first days, the missteps and the piecemeal progress – "we had no idea what we were doing" – but beyond the bare mechanics of a camp for people to live in, Buxton, his family and his colleagues gradually developed a new philosophy for housing the displaced: "Communities, not camps".

By dint of its piecemeal, localized progress, the modern living-wage movement has grown without fanfare; one reason is that until recently, most of the past decade's wage laws, like Baltimore's, have been narrow in scope and modest in effect.

But experts say that progress has been piecemeal, and that promises to improve the system repeatedly fall short.

The American-led coalition is large, which gives it staying power, but it makes the partnership unwieldy and progress piecemeal.

Dam removal has been progressing piecemeal around the country, and the Elwha project represents the biggest coup so far for dam removal advocates, who have now set their sights on unplugging bigger rivers like the Snake and the Columbia.

Traditionally a bond trustee's job is mechanical: Mail out interest checks to bondholders and, if the money is earmarked to build something, dole out cash to the developer piecemeal as work progresses.