Sentence examples for pretty constrained from inspiring English sources

Given that environmental regulation has for a very long time been driven by EU legislation, the scope for making changes and doing so quickly is pretty constrained - no matter the many anomalies, uncertainties and inconsistencies that could do with being dealt with.

"It's not a windfall by any means, but on the other hand, certainly we understand it's a pretty constrained budget environment so being able to see any increase at all is a positive thing," says Thom Mason, director of DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee.

Mark B. McClellan, who headed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the second Bush administration, said, "The board is going to be pretty constrained in what it can do".

"The resources are pretty constrained for the first year," Pollitz said.

It is also somewhat constrained, as conservatives have lamented.

The tool is SpamAssassin, and it's lately been making the rounds among companies and organizations looking to gain control of their spam intake without spending a huge pile of money which, given the constrained nature of IT budgets these days, should make the program pretty popular.

constrained and pragmatic.

Things are more constrained today.

"They're feeling less constrained by norms.

At the moment we are extremely constrained".

The hinterland is already becoming more constrained".