Sentences with phrase «for patchy»

The most likely reason for patchy greening (other than patchy rainfall) is very, very, widely discussed and observed on the ground.

With Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption not getting a desktop outing, and GTA IV coming under criticism for its patchy Windows - based gameplay, it was always a mystery as to whether L.A. Noire would be hitting the PC.But now we know that it is, with Rockstar... Read more

Most lip stains apply unevenly, sinking into every fine line and crease for a patchy finish.

Not exact matches

Castro might have had a patchy beard and a well - developed appreciation for violence, but in this instance, he was a man of his word.

Buyers» agency and developer Momentum Wealth has braved Perth's patchy apartments market with a new syndicate, raising $ 6.5 million from investors for a 40 - dwelling project in Highgate.

That now leaves room for the market / economy to determine the proper rate of interest; and, he notes, given the patchy economic recovery, the fragile level of confidence and the low levels of inflation, Citi questions whether asset prices belong where they are today.

Pro-life carriers and Christian bioethicists navigate the patchy landscape for assisted reproduction.

In a Church culture in which personal engagement with the Bible is sometimes patchy, worship songs and hymns become a primary source of theology for some.

His form was patchy at best and when The Ox was moved back there for a few games he showed up far better than Bellerin had been doing.He seems to have been a bit more consistent lately but if we are offered the type of fee being touted by Juve and Madrid etc then grab the money quickly - he ain't that good.

The first half of the 1990 season was plagued by patchy pitching, for which there seems to be no quick cure

we can that De get is the best player on the pitch that has performed consistently for the past 2 years which compared against Ozil and Sanchez who have been on patchy form.

Ridiculous — Chelsea are hardly in need of new additions in their star - studded midfield, and Barcelona reject Alex Song is certainly not of the required quality to challenge for a place, showing only patchy form on loan at West Ham United in 2014/15.

Morata's form has been patchy at best, with the Spain international making a decent start before seeming to completely lose his touch in front of goal for the Blues.

The sooner he gets a couple of games the better then we can lower the hype - levels — he is a bright, tidy player and has a good attitude but the evidence for him being a game changer or new saviour is patchy at best.

Laudrup's record is promising, if a trifle patchy, but there's nothing to suggest that his Swansea team are about to batter through the Premier League like a rhinoceros late for a really important train.

Cambridge captain Patrick Tice won the toss and elected to bat: a brave decision on a pitch which looked green and patchy and had proved difficult to bat on for the whole season.

Leeds have been patchy of late while Bruce, you'd think, would settle for a point away from home.

We are presently the fourth richest club in the world's second most competitive league (after the Championship) with a fairly patchy and underwhelming history for most of the 50 years prior to Wenger arriving.

Wenger picked mix - and - match teams for the group stage but Arsenal's patchy league form means the Europa League has been the priority for some time now.

If they can keep him quiet again then much will rest on the shoulders of Luis Suarez, whose form has been patchy: could this be a moment for N'Golo Kante, who seems well cut out for this kind of occasion, to stick to Messi like glue?

However, his defending is still patchy, which is something of concern for a side that needs their midfielders and forwards to lead from the front when it comes to pressing.

Thanks to Robbie, Troopz, and Tao for documenting this weekend as my memory is patchy at best even now.

Wolves have put together a fine season for themselves with a W6 D2 L1 record on the board but after opening with three wins on the bounce, they have gone just a little patchy in the Championship.

Most of us have lived through the stadium move and seen people promise and actually make things happen, the playing side has been patchy but i am willing to bet before the money came, it was a sight better than you could have hoped for with Citeh.

The Magpies have been one of the front - runners for the Championship title since the start of the season, but their form has just gone a bit patchy since the end of November, having gone W4 D1 L4 in their last nine games in all options.

The Champions League would have been a priority for the Italian at the beginning of the season as his track record in the competition is patchy, but to drop out at this stage will be regarded as a failure.

True to form, Mignolet, who arrived after a good season with Sunderland, continued the tradition of patchy shot - stoppers taking goal for the club.

Woods provided 27 goals in 44 league outings for the Peacocks last term, but despite his extreme efforts, the Yorkshire club missed on the playoffs owing to a patchy form in the dying stages of the campaign.

He's another whose form has been a bit patchy and he's not been a regular starter for Arsenal, but he does give you options.

We saw Matt's «tache was looking a bit patchy and so we thought Lupin's awesome felt «tache would be the perfect facial «foil» for his public speaking events.

Lack of political and national leadership, uneven health professional training, formula milk marketing, poor data collection and patchy community support for mothers were identified as gaps in UK policies and programmes.

A recent Institute for Government report found civil servants had a «patchy» understanding of the customs process and needed to be massively levelled up in a huge cross-departmental project if they were going to be able to deal with the ramification of leaving the EU.

But it has been patchy and depends on the political direction of each regional director for a union and who is agitating in each constituency.»

In Spencer's words, «given Trump's patchy and idiosyncratic knowledge of the Bible, his marital and sexual history and his disavowal of the need for repentance, one would have assumed that America's Christians... would have found little reason to support [him].»

The Prison Reform Trust claims police safeguards for dealing with suspects with learning difficulties are «patchy and inconsistent».

The Tories might squeak up to 15 % on the back of the patchy gentrification in the north of the seat and it will be a toss up for second place, on balance I think the Lib Dems will drop beneath the Tories.

Patchy quality of research training that leaves some new doctorates ill - equipped for a career either in academia or industry was another concern raised by the Roberts Review.

But the patchy nature of the water intrusion and the large populations of these groups meant there were plenty of opportunities for recolonization.

It makes them patchy and leaves more habitat for the native wildlife, more food for them and more places to hide from cats.

If an influenza pandemic is declared, investigations by New Scientist suggest that global preparedness for a pandemic is extremely patchy

This is an efficient way for the birds to find patchy food sources.

These new GPI results indicate that these similar - mass and equal - age planets nonetheless have significant differences in atmospheric properties, for in - stance more open spaces between patchy cloud cover on planet c versus uniform cloud cover on planet d, or perhaps differences in atmospheric chemistry.

Retrofitting programmes for older buildings, while patchy, have made some headway in the Kathmandu valley and elsewhere.

Conceivably the process is patchy with some regions of space evolving faster than others, for example due to variations in the density of matter from place to place.

This discordance may be related to the sample variation between the trephine biopsy and aspirates because of heterogeneous or patchy marrow involvement, a failure to aspirate sufficient lymphoma cells, or insufficient primer homology for amplification.

Bulk up patchy arches with Touchback BrowMarker ($ 20; touchbackbrow.com): It's like a felt - tip pen for sparse eyebrows.

This product is best suited for normal, sensitive, combination, oily and patchy skin.

The degree of damage to the small intestine is often less severe or more patchy than for those with only celiac disease.

I followed all instructions for waxing but still had major problems with streaks and a patchy finish.

The foundation doesn't get dry or patchy even on dry skin, making it perfect for combination skin.