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rip up







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Nancy ripped up the 4-3-3 formation used by O'Neill in favour of his own 3-4-3 system and accepts his team have fallen below the level he would like from them.

From BBC

The costs and environmental damage of ripping up the seabed are expected to be high.

From The Wall Street Journal

One minister worries that government is not willing to be radical enough, telling me, "We don't look like we are interested in ripping up the system that doesn't work for young people".

From BBC

Having conviction in a method is a sign of strong leadership and it would be odd to rip up three years of work and start again.

From BBC

We opened the floor for fans to imagine a world in which they could rip up the rulebook and start again.

From BBC