The phrase "a pretty strong statement" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a declaration or assertion that is forceful or impactful in nature.
Example: "The politician's speech included a pretty strong statement about the need for climate action."
Alternatives: "a quite forceful statement" or "a rather emphatic statement".
A. Well, I said a pretty strong statement in Seattle the other day, and a congressman walked up to me last night and said, "You know something?
"But that's a pretty strong statement when you have the 800-pound gorilla of retailers willing to commit 45,000 square feet of space in your project," he said, referring to Gap Inc., the parent company of both retailers.
He says it's his best record to date, and that's a pretty strong statement coming from the guy who made "Mama Said Knock You Out," which in my opinion is one of the best albums ever recorded in hip-hop, and arguably in pop music in general.
Casey Stengel used to say that every day in baseball you see something you never saw before (a pretty strong statement for a man who managed until he was 75), but it is quite possible nobody had ever seen a player's mixture of mea culpa and nolo contendere beamed from a message board.
In corporate-speak, that's a pretty strong statement that Microsoft wants to buy some companies.
The scientists have made "a pretty strong statement", according to Prof Paddy Regan, an expert in radiation detection and measurement at the University of Surrey in the UK, who was not involved in the investigation.
That alone should provide a pretty strong argument".
" That's a pretty strong affirmation.
The U.S. company hit back at the EU with some pretty strong statements last week, but for now it looks to be going through the sheer mountain of paperwork which the CIC has released.
FOR a pretty strong password, think 10.
"But it is a pretty strong discipline.
