Sentence examples for not plain from inspiring English sources

"It's not plain karate.

ReprintsBut it is not plain sailing.

"I hate to say it, but I was not plain".

But the extent of cross-border synergies is not plain.

The thing is still not plain to her.

Investing in C&W is still not plain sailing.

It was not plain sailing for England, however.

The OFT claims that leases are not plain and intelligible.

His architecture is not plain, but richness distilled to its essence.

I wanted risotto, but the site only offers flavored ones, not plain.

They think it's over-produced, too noisy on some levels, too fussy, not plain spoken.