Sentences with phrase «pretty close to»

To some extent this could mean that we are heading for the middle scenario — that is the response to a given amound of carbon equivalent will be pretty close to the what has been the mainstream middle prediction all along.

But we can look at the evolutionary relations of the plants and say, «Oh, they are using something pretty close to both to treat malaria, so lets take those plants into the lab first before any of the other ones because they are most likely to be effective.»

Wong: No, those are not the remains so far as we know of the last common ancestor of chimpanzees and humans but they get that pretty close to where we think that last common ancestor was.

«When doing this sensitivity analysis, we ask what it would it take to knock our results over — a feather, an arm or a sledgehammer, and these are pretty close to sledgehammer results,» Frank said.

«A house can get pretty close to net - zero with better insulation and appliances alone,» Fanney says.

«And they hold those patents pretty close to their chests.»

At sunrise, the direction of Earth's travel is pretty close to straight overhead.

The LHC is pretty close to my dream experiment, and the LHC at twice the energy will be even better!

«If there are plumes erupting, there's got to be liquid water, and it's got to be pretty close to the surface.»

It's written in a language pretty close to English, with very little finance - speak, and is meant to be something close to what the president of the company would say as an introductory speech at the company's annual shareholders meeting.

«It's already pretty close to being a detergent.»

All of a sudden the curtain lifts and what we see looks pretty close to what we expected.»

Most of the time, the image someone has of their body is pretty close to its external appearance.

When you picture a mermaid tail, the MerNation Genesis Edition comes pretty close to the image in your mind.

And you're going to want to hear about this tool — we think it's pretty close to the best oscillating tool for sale.

It comes pretty close to the image most people will have in their mind when they think of a mermaid costume.

On past performance and the changes made since then, I would expect the polls to be pretty close to the actual result at the next election or even, in some cases, to overestimate Conservative support.

Rep. Peter KIng looked like he was pretty close to getting ill on camera himself as he was forced to comment on the folly of his Republican colleagues and at least you knew there was one sane Republican in the House.

But if you assume the same average spending over five years, you end up with $ 3,417 B (= $ 3.417 trillion), which is pretty close to the number you're looking for.

But Silver is playing his cards pretty close to the vest these days and insisting he's open to working with Cuomo on many of his agenda items — from the property tax cap to ethics reform.

(NB: I'm still working on this answer, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela might be pretty close to what you're looking for!)

It's pretty close to being a college town,» he said.

He contends the UK will get «pretty close to tariff - free trade, maybe slightly less free access than the current status quo» given our trade deficit with the bloc.

We've got, I think, pretty close to a consensus from all of the stakeholders, just about the whole of the media and just about all politicians.

I'd argue that the answer to the second question is pretty close to yes: regardless of their ultimate goals, most...

He dodged the question about who will get to meet with Obama (the White House has been playing that pretty close to the vest so far), but did talk a little bit about security challenges at Ground Zero in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.

And yet it's looking increasingly like something pretty close to the existing percentages.

In fact, I'm pretty sure a Poisson process (with word and document parameters) comes pretty close to how Trump's speeches are written, or at least, delivered.

«I think it would pass both houses, but I don't know if it's ever going to happen because the governor is happening for something in return and to me that sounds pretty close to pay to play.»

The Cuomo team managed to hold this one pretty close to the vest — just like the AG's big announcement last weekend — although there was a lot of Duffy speculation at the hotel bar last night.

«But I got news for you: If all those hit the floor and you vote for all three, that's pretty close to getting the rug pulled from under you.»

So, even though the popular vote nationwide is pretty close to 50 - 50, locally you have lopsided contests where Trump can get, say, 70 % of the vote from rural areas, while Clinton could get 70 % of the vote from inner cities.

They are pretty close to the same as regular but there is normal variation in the fabric shrinkage as always with this type of fabric.

Of course, if you're talking about locally bought produce from a farmer's market versus frozen, the frozen food might be less fresh, but still pretty close to being on par with fresh food.

This is also a chief reason to consider making homemade broths a regular part of your diet, as broths are pretty close to being devoid of protein - they provide many of the micronutrients found in plant and animal foods, but without a need for large quantities of stomach acid to become accessible to your bloodstream.

He stays pretty close to his foster mom or his brother for that feeling of security that's crucial at this time.

For example, if your child is in the 50th percentile for height and weight at 2, he'll probably stay pretty close to that throughout childhood.

So the best thing you can do is just pump pretty close to the first thing in the morning.

(although my book Begin With A Blanket comes pretty close to an instruction manual for baby play!)

In fact, that's pretty close to the truth — the oils and waxy ingredients in most common diaper rash ointments will stick to the fibers of the diaper, blocking them and making them nearly as waterproof as an old fashioned waxed raincoat.

She was placed on my chest and stayed wide awake observing the huge number of people in our room, since we were pretty close to an emergency cesarean.

How your toddler looks and acts can also offer hints: If he plays and eats pretty close to the way he usually does, then it's probably a cold.

But, for some reason, our parenting styles often mirror our parents» styles and we end up bringing them up pretty close to the way we were raised - for better or worse.

We love potstickers and this dish tasted pretty close to the real deal and much more filling.

When you see that you're getting pretty close to the end of your first ball, pick up the yarn from the second ball.

That's pretty close to what I would say if there were a Pinterest - anonymous.

I quickly take stock and realize that while my right leg is pretty close to touching my back and my left foot and right hip are throbbing, I'm ok.

I chose her because her methods in dealing with sibling rivalry came pretty close to mine.

This obviously shouldn't be done until pretty close to your due date, but it is really nice to have a bag of cookies that you can give to the nurses once you are officially checked into the hospital.

I try and line up the tape pretty close to where the end of the burp cloth roll is — figuring that is the «back» of my cupcake roll.