But the authority argued that a comprehensive service did not mean blanket coverage over a geographical area.

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He said sections of the press were also to blame for the BNP's success by giving it "blanket coverage".

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Many insurers no longer issue blanket coverage for a piece without knowing whether it is on display, in storage or being transported.

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"Whilst we are significantly expanding our network, we accept the fact that no mobile operator can have total blanket coverage, which is why we have this policy in place, " said a 3 spokesman.

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To flatter him, flag-waving schoolchildren lined the streets, Egyptian bedouins with links to Mr Qaddafi's own tribe cheered him on, and the state-controlled media offered blanket coverage of his forays to the Egyptian Museum and the tomb of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the Egyptian president whom Mr Qaddafi still idolises as a hero of Arab nationalism.

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Blanket media coverage helps stoke expectations - and fans can turn nasty when the team falls short.

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People in Britain woke up Wednesday morning to blanket news coverage of the historic events unfolding across the Atlantic.

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They will blanket the country with LTE coverage over three years.

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If you put all that on a chart, you will see that the various combinations of radio coverage and technologies virtually blanket the world.

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