Living in an urban area – as most people in the UK do – it's difficult to imagine precisely how much of the country is uninhabited, and just how many houses and flats lie empty, given how crowded public transport can feel at times.
"We can't say precisely how much of that is due to Apple," he wrote.
Yet the leaders did not specify precisely how much of this cash the union would provide.
We still don't know, and can't discover, precisely how much of our money the BBC hands over to individual performers and many executives.
2. On Thursday, the California Supreme Court did precisely what much of the American public doesn't want judges doing: it made social policy from the bench.
That way, they can focus on picking the best companies, rather than debating precisely how much of each stock to own.
Imagine if, 20 or 50 years ago, newspaper editors knew not only how many people were buying their paper each day but precisely how much of it they read.
Adding to South-East Asia's worries, as well, is the suspicion that the region once attracted lots of investment precisely because much of China's economy was closed.
When Mr. Turner, who has called for the elimination of the Education and Agriculture Departments, could not answer precisely how much of the federal budget went to the two departments, Mr. Weprin could barely contain his glee.
He takes pride in the industry's achievement in reaching 100 million poor clients, but does not acknowledge that commercialization is precisely how much of that goal was achieved.
