Sentence examples for weak patchwork of from inspiring English sources

"Weak Patchwork of Regulation Lets Bad Hospitals Stay Open" (front page, Dec. 8) suggests that hospitals are underregulated.

The area is stateless, covered by a weak patchwork of local councils and rebel groups struggling to administer their towns and often competing with one another for resources.

But the sheer number of guns, as well as the weak national patchwork of laws intended to regulate them, has made epidemic levels of gun violence the norm.

The best way to do that is to eliminate a weak, ineffective patchwork of state laws and replace it with a strong national standard that provides a real incentive for drivers to follow the law.

The current safety oversight of the cosmetics industry is a patchwork of weak federal, state, and industry regulations.

But even the folks behind the recommendations concede they won't tackle domestic gun violence alone, which speaks to the ongoing and existential challenge posed by the patchwork of weak gun laws in America.

The history of weak federal leadership has left a patchwork of childcare across the country that does little to meet the needs of young children and their working parents.

A weak central government in Sana rules over a patchwork of rural tribes, using an ad hoc system of patronage, co-optation, corruption and force.

The Environmental Protection Agency immediately promised new national standards governing the disposal of coal ash to replace a patchwork of uneven — and in many cases weak — state regulations.

One proposal, favored by public-interest groups and by agency scientists, would replace a patchwork of uneven — and in many cases weak — state regulations with new national standards.

The Times also found that a patchwork of laws and regulations to protect patients are weak or unevenly applied.