Example sentences of "that [is] pretty " in BNC.

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1 That is pretty high praise ; and though there are some obvious exceptions , they were fewer as the years went by .
2 That is pretty much what happened .
3 That is pretty obvious , but it is the first time the Najibullah government has said so .
4 So that is pretty hefty you know when but of course it was dispersed round the tower you know it did n't hit in one lump you know .
5 Lord Tebbit said : ‘ That is pretty silly of Mr Heath considering the years he spent trying to persuade people to vote against Lady Thatcher .
6 cut it in cardboard to the shape of that is pretty near
7 I mean that is pretty horrendous
8 I reckon that 's pretty grown up .
9 I 'm sick of all these people making great music , but when you put them on stage , they ca n't hack it , I think that 's pretty weak .
10 He has an apartment in Trump Tower in New York — that 's pretty modern . ’
11 That 's pretty much the way a lot of people now talk about ‘ organic ’ products or wine .
12 ‘ Yeah , that 's pretty accurate , ’ grins Robert .
13 ‘ Actually , that 's pretty fast , or so I 'm told , ’ said the Attorney-General , Bill Walters .
14 That 's pretty rough . ’
15 And that 's pretty much all you have to know .
16 That 's pretty much the same thing that is happening in my body . ’
17 That 's pretty weird , ’ says Albini .
18 And the things they say yo you read them and you think , oh yes , that 's pretty awful !
19 That 's pretty straightforward that .
20 That 's pretty good in a , in a year that has been fairly tough .
21 that 's pretty close .
22 That 's pretty good .
23 That 's pretty stupid , ’ said Lili , ‘ considering that marriage means an end to all that .
24 Now that 's pretty heavy going .
25 That 's pretty regular .
26 Next day , when the mob was destroying the Catholic chapel in Moorfields , he apparently turned a deaf ear to requests for orders from the soldiers and the fire officers in attendance ; and when the rioters ' work was done he uttered the mildest of rebukes : ‘ That 's pretty well , gentlemen , for one day ; I hope you will now go to your own homes . ’
27 He gulped down the mouthful before saying : ‘ Well , that 's pretty obvious , if I may say so .
28 ‘ But that 's pretty much a wife 's alibi , is n't it ? ’ said Sergeant Fenniway .
29 That 's pretty good . ’
30 That 's pretty uneven odds , is n't it ? ’
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