One thousand dollars is, of course, an arbitrary figure.

We should not play Russian roulette with the economy in an attempt to reach an arbitrary figure for 1991.

In that kind of situation, one has to set an arbitrary figure.

Three or four may be arbitrary figures, but 19 is beyond anything I have ever heard about.

Anyone can announce a lawsuit with an arbitrary figure attached.

I simply make the observation that ten miles is a rather arbitrary figure.

Ten percent had been the arbitrary figure set by French.

The total volume of resources applied by the health services is essentially an arbitrary figure.

My first argument is that it is an arbitrary figure.

For one thing, the $350 billion limit was a completely arbitrary and largely fictional figure.