Sentence examples for rather patchy from inspiring English sources

Jarmusch has enjoyed rather patchy commercial success at the UK box office.

Local and regional-development authorities responded fully to the survey - but the results showed rather patchy provision for parents.

They face a Sporting KC team who are on a run of their own, despite some rather patchy home form.

Developers contribute voluntarily, and share code freely.This makes it all the more surprising that the writing about open source is rather patchy.

If the rather patchy Second Symphony, whose premiere concluded the concert, is a reliable guide, the composer would be better off trying to recapture the adventurous spirit of much of his earlier work, rather than trying to reuse its material.

Adult curlew sandpipers moult on their way south, shedding their vivid brick-red breeding garb for a rather patchy look, which wouldn't win them any prizes in a beauty contest.

The Golden Globes are traditionally rather a patchy forecaster of Oscar success, although last year's big winner, Slumdog Millionaire, bucked the trend to also win big on Oscars night.

However, the multiple injections with a given tracer did not form a continuous territory but rather a patchy mosaic.

This will help it to stick to your lid better, and give a solid rather than patchy appearance.

It's also why, despite moments of greatness, it remains a patchy, rather careless-sounding piece of work.

1999's Head Music was patchy rather than poor, but 2002's A New Morning was the soggiest of damp squibs.