After months of the most meticulous preparations there were now only hours to go.

But 20 years is a long time even by the standards of the most meticulous woodworkers.

But, she admits, there are limits to even the most meticulous preparation.

With the most meticulous care he scratched a number of other marks inside the perimeter and then stood back.

Before he did anything else, every point of Austin's alibi must be gone into with the most meticulous care.

He won't have come to Bangkok without having made the most meticulous plans to get out again - with his prisoner.

Then took place a search of the most meticulous thoroughness.

But even the most meticulous plan has a way of changing on the ground.

She was most meticulous in her guided tour, opening every door.

Dark of skin, glowing of eye, my mother was by nature the most meticulous person on earth.