Sentence examples for it is not plain from inspiring English sources
ReprintsBut it is not plain sailing.
Mr. Obama is said to be aware of the risks, though among his remaining aides it is not plain who might confront him at any danger signs.
Life is discovered on Mars in the shape of fish-lizard creatures called therapsids, although it is not plain how these beasts are able to subsist without any larger ecosystem.
Now she tells of beautiful Merrick, the young one who is tied to the white Mayfair witches in ways that must be made plain by the 16 other stories, though not by this one, since much of it is not plain to the stranger and since that family is not now our concern.
She invites David to say, "I had done her evil, I knew it, and it was exciting, and I needed her, and I was selfish, and I missed her, and it was as plain as that" when it is not plain at all, and it is certainly not swift.
For all this degeneracy, it isn't plain dark or out to shock.
It was not plain sailing for England, however.
As the backlash against female MPs in Senegal shows, it's not plain sailing once women have reached parliament.
It was not plain sailing – diesel fumes overpower the author's cabin and the food includes fried Spam.
But Peter Rollings of estate agent Marsh & Parsons said: "It's not plain sailing for first-time buyers in London.
