thorough-going

Del Valle's thorough-going modernization made the lines much shorter they're 10 or 15 minutes at the height of the sales period -- and, just as importantly, eliminated many thousands of hours of overtime.

Curtis Black: Real Leadership for Chicago: The Reformer v. the Players Curtis Black 2011

Camilla gulped her words like they were overstewed pheasant and was a thorough-going, thorough-bred letdown.

Rewind radio: The Archers; Victoria Derbyshire; Keys and Gray; It's Your Round – review 2011

Dana was the thorough-going type of man, not overbalanced and erratic, without quirk or quibble of temperament.

A CLASSIC OF THE SEA 2010

For all of their boasted unions and high labor-ideals, they are about the most thorough-going scabs on the planet.

THE SCAB 2010

Aptly enough, it's in the digital space that we can find the most thorough-going appreciations.

David Tereshchuk: Centenary of Influence -- Undervalued By Mainstream David Tereshchuk 2011

Partly because of thorough-going labor-market reforms in the last decade, and partly because it's, well, Germany, Europe's powerhouse economy has achieved vastly higher productivity growth than its euro partners.

The Euro Zone's German Crisis Alan S. Blinder 2011

Of course the sailing-master, who was really captain, was a thorough-going seaman.

Chris Farrington, Able Seaman 2010

As I have said before, this is an aesthetic that even most thorough-going neo-modernistic contemporary architects have moved away from.

Catholic Cleveland: Historic Church Saved, But Others Still in Danger 2009

Aptly enough, it's in the digital space that we can find the most thorough-going appreciations.

David Tereshchuk: Centenary of Influence -- Undervalued By Mainstream David Tereshchuk 2011

He did so by running as thorough-going conservative and showing respect for tea party supporters.

Primary Mood Swings 2010