Sentence examples for matter of plain from inspiring English sources

As a matter of plain historical fact, that seems right.

Their relief at all times is a matter of plain duty.

Being infected can be a matter of "plain old bad luck," Dr. Miller said.

But this was also a matter of plain economics, says Vichai Sriprasert, head of Riceland International, a family-run exporter.

Now the poor countries are standing up for their right to a little bit of that space too.Put in those terms, it seems a matter of plain justice.

I see it as a matter of plain survival - I'm a writer only incidentally, because, in a way, I have no choice, it's a means of survival.

And in the case of Mr. Collier, who had no high-level Washington connections of his own, and who had never given a federal political donation, it was a matter of "just plain folks pursuing the path," Mrs. Collier said in an interview last week.

The question of whether to expand or cut Social Security is a matter of values, plain and simple.

Instead, everything is rendered in the most matter-of-fact tones, very plain.

The projectors are plain matter-of-fact-men, but are already, I believe, aware of the blunder which they have committed in naming it 'Tarrytown' instead of 'Sleepy Hollow Cemeteryy.

With John, I could jest and curse and argue, give wild voice to my thoughts, and, if I overshot with my ignorance and bombast or muddled the matter with a bout of plain confusion, he'd suspend the dialogue with a groan of "Oh, C-R!" and re-stoke the pipe bowl, using his thumb as a damper, before steering me back to the issue at hand.