The average fine was apiffling£1,050, scarcely even pocket money for some major construction firms.
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It is not by thesepifflingand pettifogging duties that you are going to restore prosperity to industry.
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We have time to deal with thispifflingmeasure this evening.
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What priority do we think that such apifflingpiece of nonsense would really rate?
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To leave matters to a mayoral fund ispifflingand is not the answer.
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If somebody earns between £80 and £150, again it meanspifflingpence.
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It leads to a great deal of time being taken up in the courts on ratherpifflingand futile prosecutions.
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The complaints may seempifflingor eccentric at times.
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If not, the savings would bepifflingand not worth all the confusion.
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These same duties, which were too utterlypifflingto keep out imports, will be fatally effective in keeping out reparations.
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If we do, do not let us introduce thispifflingrestriction.
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What we are giving them in aid ispiffling.
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It might seem presumptuous of me to raise what some people would consider thepifflingmatter of mock auctions.
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I think that all the words she uses about "pifflinginadequacy" should be echoed by me.
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The reason why he gave thepifflingreply that he did was that he did not have a proper answer to the debate.
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