thorough measures

In the breathing spell thus provided we would have to prepare more thorough measures.

At the same time it enabled me to establish a reason for the thorough measures presently being taken on Arkon 2.

When he emerged from Nazer's rough but thorough measures, Jayge was feeling no more pain, and his head was only a little dizzy from the fellis draught Nazer had made him swallow.

Consequently urban-fringe farmers find themselves taking unusually thorough measures to defend their land against intrusion - extra barbed-wire fencing along boundaries and footpaths, an unsightly rash of warning notices and even electronic detection devices are all employed.

President Kim Dae Jung, in an emergency meeting of his national security council, ordered "thorough measures" by the armed forces to prevent a recurrence of hostilities but stopped short of implying that South Korean forces would go on the offensive against North Korea.