Sentence examples for could be plainly from inspiring English sources

As we put it in Horton, "[i]t is … an essential predicate to any valid warrantless seizure of incriminating evidence that the officer did not violate the Fourth Amendment in arriving at the place from which the evidence could be plainly viewed". Id., at 136.

But, meal by meal across the decades, the authenticity of Julia Child glowed forth from the television screen to overpower any quibbles and doubts about the presence of such a marvelously honest woman who dared to show the nation that fine cooking could be plainly taught.

The fire grew rapidly and soon was so fierce that it could be plainly seen by observers at Gibraltar.

After years of solidifying his political machine, George finally pushed for the kind of major economic legislation that could be plainly rife with graft but impossible to stop because of his legion of underlings.

Evidence of that increase in popularity could be plainly seen with Underworld themselves, who, after more than a decade on the outskirts of the music industry, now found themselves with a certifiable hit record.

The song of the saw could be heard plainly while Mr. Le Bourdonnec silently sliced.

The Los Angeles Times noted that once the power was turned on in October 1891, "the lights could be seen plainly from this city". Although the school remained a cornerstone of Whitter's economy up until its closure in 2004, the city's employment base did diversify.

I drove to Newark to get her and on the ride back could tell she was plainly altered — by something — but said nothing.

Our tutors were training us to weigh evidence, parse logic, and refuse counter-examples; they encouraged us to but more stock in the rule than the exception and to put our trust in modest truths that could be easily verified and plainly expressed.

Taken plainly, who could be against economic development and prosperity?

"Taylor was not a conversationalist"—neither was Grant—"but on paper he could put his meaning so plainly that there could be no mistaking it.