ODA has, at best, a patchy record.

Yet compliance has been patchy at best.

Until recently, the record on evaluating responses to humanitarian emergencies has been patchy at best.

A DNS block, followed by a patchy IPS block, then who knows what.

Egypt has always relied on munificent benefactors to sustain its patchy state and economy.

Patchy Internet connections are a major hurdle, as are the frequent power outages that Libyans face.

Among other things, pastoral nomadism permits societies to exploit the variable and patchy resources of the steppe.

and the best seats in the synagogues, and the best places at feasts

The results are mixed, at best.

This is superficial thinking, at best.

But at best I have mixed emotions.

At best, it is a mixed record.

But that judgment seems premature, at best.

This is a puzzling statement at best.

Somalia s political future is uncertain at best.

He was best at the standing jump.

What about inflation targeting? Here, too, the record since 1980 has been patchy, despite the huge deflationary pressure exerted by low wage competition from Asia.

To watch it wither is at best frivolous, at worst dangerous.

It's a perverse irony at best an utter abomination at worst.

Until now, negotiations have been desultory at best.

At best, the law is a great equalizer.

In short, the benefits are at best small.

They can at best try to be opportunistic.

This obsession with virginity is shallow at best and deadly at worst.

Otherwise, such reform will be cosmetic at best, and meaningless at worst.

In December 2012, she received three nominations Best Female Artist, Best Song and Best Video (for In My City ) at the World Music Awards.

Not surprisingly, these states typically have weak conflict management institutions patchy law enforcement, limited adherence to democratic principles, and few meaningful checks and balances on the government.

And the CSF s track record is dismal at best.

Three years later, the results are mixed at best.

Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award at Cannes.

We are at our best in our own neighborhood and at our worst, too.

This includes addressing China s patchy arrangements for income security, as well as its unevenly distributed provision of social services, such as health and education, in particular, in rural areas.

Though the evidence that monetary stimulus produces increased investment and a business upturn is patchy, its effects on financial markets and asset prices are very easy to document quickly.

Terrorists continue to be outliers with limited appeal at best.

Sami was still best friends with Farid at the time.

Unfortunately, America s financial reforms have been half baked at best.

Regulation is at best a partial remedy for such problems.

Their links with Europe if they exist at all are at best rational, not emotional.

Still, the film was screened at a number of foreign film festivals. Most recently it won Best Film and Best Actor awards at the Kimera Film Festival in Italy.

So we formed Coursera, whose goal is to take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free.

It sounds like an infection at best. Maybe a medical instrument.

But Microsoft s ambiguous at best behavior is part of a pattern.

And the incentive for authors to cooperate is, at best, mixed.

The germination process requires moisture, and works best at 100 humidity.

was nominated for Best Pop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, where they also won the award for Best New Artist.