Sentence examples for were very patchy from inspiring English sources

In 2006 phytoplankton were very patchy in horizontal distribution, and advection of water through the array was at times accompanied by dramatic shifts in community composition.

"We would have settled for a bonus-point win but we were very patchy.

I thought we were very patchy, particularly in the second half, although we did some good things in amongst it.

Dementia services in Wales were "very patchy", he said, with good services in one area contrasting with a lack of them just 10 miles away across a health authority border.

The commonest grass weeds in this experiment were couch grass (with a mean frequency of 5%), soft brome (5%) and black-grass (2%); all of them were very patchy in their distribution.

"It's very patchy," Mr. Howard added.

But the bottom register of his voice was very patchy.

"The workforce in nursing homes is very patchy," she said.

Ms Turner said: "The consular support initially was very patchy.

"Autumn colours are very patchy and depend on regional variation in climate and differences in geology.

As a consequence, services are very patchy and the rural poor are the most disadvantaged.