A spokesman said it was 'too soon to say' if a full-blown investigation would occur.

Whether to pursue a full-blown investigation into a crime committed on its territory or a fudge in order to win a strategic prize.

Only about 2 per cent of cases are referred for a full-blown investigation, legal sources said.

It was the month in which the biggest banking crisis in living memory began, presaging the arrival of a full-blown recession.

The consequences of not bailing out the banks could be a full-blown recession that will impact on taxation, property prices and inflation.

The soaring price of crude in 2008 - when it hit $147 a barrel - helped to push the weakened global economy into full-blown recession.

We are in the middle of a credit crisis that some commentators believe could even lead to a full-blown recession.

We are in a full-blown recession and people have no money in their pockets.

They have threatened a full-blown war.

The persecution of the sect was the spur for the struggle to develop into guerrilla warfare and then into full-blown war.

However, although the general surrenders, his soldiers refuse to, and the nominal resistance becomes a full-blown war as the people fight to determine their own destiny.

During the civil war era the unclear succession laws and the practice of power-sharing between several kings simultaneously gave personal conflicts the potential to become full-blown wars.