Sentence examples for it is root and branch from inspiring English sources

It is root and branch of his philosophy, the healthier part of his inheritance from Albert Gore Sr .and Mr. Clinton.

But Tom Devine, professor of history at the University of Edinburgh, said: "I am root-and-branch opposed to Gove's approach.

It was a criticism, albeit somewhat self-deprecating, of a widely praised international environmental policy, and it spoke to a resentment toward environmental regulation that is root and branch ideology these days within the Republican Party.

Constantine's major legacy to the empire was root-and-branch fiscal reform, which put efficient tax-collection at the heart of the entire bureaucratic system.

He said: "What pleases me most is how popular it is with British people who were root and branch opposed to it when it was first proposed.

Will it be truly root-and-branch, or simply seeking to adapt to harder times?

Only the gene trees for the clock-like genes were considered to be rooted and relative branch lengths were calculated with respect to ancestral nodes only (and not also with respect to daughter nodes).

And although greater openness is welcome, it is hardly a root-and-branch reform.

What is proposed by Ken Clarke is not root-and-branch nor top-down, but broadly sensible and incremental reform of sentencing.

It is time for root-and-branch reform of the way in which the Home Office and UKBA interact.

As Porter says: "What we really need is this root-and-branch determination to say what is going to happen about the resource gap that is opening up and to step back from the political games".