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That figure of eighty thousand pounds isn't something we've just plucked out of the air. We've done a detailed costing of the project.CIDI

The figure of £620 million was reported in the newspapers and the Minister has told us that it did not come directly from him but I am sure the newspapers did not pluck it out of the air either. WebCorp

He didn't just pluck it out of the air, it was the name of a Pedigree name of a cat of a friend of his. WebCorp

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