The phrase "a pretty respectable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is considered to be of a good standard or quality, often in a somewhat informal or conversational context.
Example: "She has a pretty respectable collection of vintage records that she's proud to show off."
Alternatives: "quite commendable" or "fairly impressive".
"Which is a pretty respectable heritability".
Joseph Strick's film of "Ulysses" is a pretty respectable try.
His career was on a pretty respectable trajectory, he had his own stories to tell, plus there was The Curse.
Over all, I haven't played as well as I would have wanted, but it is a pretty respectable finish.
Who discovered that actually you could get a pretty respectable picture using the front-facing camera of their phone (and which phone it was) sadly isn't noted.
Yes, Nicole Richie, she of the size zero/Paris Hilton's bestie fame, has grown up, filled out a bit and launched a pretty respectable fashion collection, following her charming House of Harlow jewellery line.
This is disappointing as the rest of the phone's specifications are all pretty respectable, and very much building on previous Lumia offerings: there's a bright wrap-around polycarbonate body and the latest version of the Windows Phone platform; 2GB of RAM; a 4.5-inch 1280x768 display and a dual-core 1.5Ghz processor round out the specs.
A goldsmith was an early money lender, and it was a perfectly respectable profession as far as bourgeois professions go, and John Milton, Sr. has a pretty good living.
All of them are five-star rated funds, and while they may not be setting the world on fire, for the past ten years they have delivered returns in the 25%-a-year neighborhood, which is pretty respectable for any long-term investor.
"More than a quarter of a million since 2000 is pretty respectable," he said.
A gloomier example of a misleading ROE is General Motors, whose number from 1999 to 2003 was an average 17.8%–pretty respectable.
