Sentence examples for a pretty blatant from inspiring English sources

The opposition Conservatives called Mr. Brown's plans "a pretty blatant electioneering budget".

Whether intended or not, the planned launching is "a pretty blatant slap in the face" to the administration, he added.

Not just working in fashion, or modelling, or advertising – but that's a pretty blatant part of it.

"It was a pretty blatant scheme," said Mr. Ruiz, who added that investigators were trying to locate rosters from before 2001.

It appeared to me at the time and to others (judging by those I spoke to and the comments below the piece online) to be a pretty blatant attempt at character assassination.

It's a pretty blatant Bender ripoff.

It also suggests – if you're a fan of linking pretty blatant points – that Zuma may well be using the South African military as a private security service to protect his and his cronies' international business interests.

It also suggests if you're a fan of linking pretty blatant points that Zuma may well be using the South African military as a private security service to protect his and his cronies' international business interests.

"It was pretty blatant but an accurate reflection of the way pharma plays the game, through campaign contributions and, in Billy's case, way more than that," said U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat who has been a leading proponent of government price negotiations.

"The women's pornography I've seen is still pretty blatant," said Diana E. H. Russell, a professor emerita of sociology at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., and an expert on sexual violence.

Dick Dadey, the executive director of Citizens Union, a good-government group, said: "The act was pretty blatant, but the extent of it was not that severe.