Sentence examples for far from plain from inspiring English sources

However, all was far from plain sailing.

But the taralli at A16 are far from plain.

Alison's* journey to motherhood was far from plain sailing.

As of late, it stands for something not very far from plain old rubbish.

Though steel watches might have been more egalitarian, many were far from plain or simple.

However, despite massive government investment, her spell as health secretary has been far from plain sailing.

Shanklin, who was playing for Saracens in the English Premiership when he was called up by Wales, was in the same boat 12 years ago, but his first tour was far from plain-sailing and was an eye-opener for most of the young players in the squad.

Such stream-of-consciousness writing is well suited to modernist fiction, but it's far from the plain style prescribed for proletarian literature.

And far from being "plain", pickles burst with flavours that tell the story of our history as conquerors and the conquered, our restless imperial past in a jar.

Figheldean, Wiltshire Not far from Salisbury Plain and Stonehenge, we visit Figheldean (pronounced "filedean") on the advice of Rob Fryer, co-founder of the River and Lake Swimming Association (river-swim ming.co.uk).

It means that even homes far from flood plains are facing increased insurance bills because of the changing weather.