Sentence examples for plain to be from inspiring English sources

At the beginning, it was too plain to be offensive.

But aside from its vivid wallpaper, the furnishings were too plain to be memorable: more office-space chic than boutique.

Land reclamation and irrigation efforts using groundwater or water pumped from the Nile River have enabled several hundred thousand acres of land on the northern-coastal plain to be newly cultivated.

By John McCarten The New Yorker, October 3 , 1959P. 33 Nikita Khrushchev's influence as an oldRussian-proverb man was plain to be seen last week in a neighborhood bar, which is known as the Cortile.

Time's Acquittal    1 I dreamed that, walking forth one summer's day I chanced to meet old Time upon my way,    And, full of spleen, Taxed him with mischief he had done To me, and thousands more beneath the sun    Plain to be seen.    2 "Blush, blush for shame", said I, "to view this face Despoiled by thee! – Canst thou one line retrace    That erst was there?

The presence of the low-pressure system over the Japan Sea caused the isobar contours over central Japan, including the Kanto Plain, to be relatively densely spaced.

Furthermore, he rejects the claim that there is a plain meaning to be grasped.

It is just plain hard to be a parent.

Farmsteads in the plains tend to be dispersed.

Unlike rocky continental coasts, delta plains tend to be soft and easily compressed.

Critics say the reasons are plain to see, but are not being tackled.