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root-and-branch

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root-and-branch
adj
on a large scale or without discrimination; wholesale root-and-branch reforms
adv root and branch
entirely; completely; utterly Brazil needs reform root and branch


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Finance Minister Brian Lenihan said a root-and-branch reform of the service was needed.
I believe it is essential that we use this opportunity to achieve a root-and-branch overhaul of the current system and deliver new mechanisms and procedures which can meet the public's expectation for greater transparency and for propriety," said the Prime Minister in a letter to the Speaker.
Marketing manager Andrew Garvey said: "We undertook a full root-and-branch review of the strategies available to ensure we got our ideas just right.
 
 
 
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