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How to use plain sailing in a sentence

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The Westbury mayor admitted his wheelchair experience had not been plain sailing, and he is determined to support her campaign.
It wasn't all plain sailing for the brothers in what was fast becoming a competitive market, and the early 1990s recession hit the business hard.
It may not all be plain sailing, down the line, however, at which point the group could tap into the market with another judicious purchase.
Reading some of their newspaper columns, it is clear that the tour has not been plain sailing by any means.
I was expecting it all to be quite hard work but, in a surprising show of bureaucratic efficiency, it was mostly smooth and plain sailing.
But since funding for the marina was first announced in 2001 the project has encountered anything but plain sailing.
You'll probably be just a little sickened to hear it's been pretty much plain sailing for this up-and-coming roving reporter.
Though the actress carried off the part like the seasoned professional she is, it was not all plain sailing.
A Cotswold rock band are hoping it will be plain sailing when they travel from Chipping Campden to a gig in London's Camden Town on Monday.
Of course nothing is easy in sport and although the Westport men had their fate in their own hands on Sunday, it wasn't all plain sailing.
But it wasn't to be all plain sailing, the weather turned and what appeared to be a hurricane appeared over the horizon to the west.
Making money out of commercial property seems like child's play in today's over-heated market but it is not always such plain sailing.
But the passage of the plan through the bureaucratic process was not all plain sailing.
Even after the arrival of the silver-staining and PAGE materials, all was not plain sailing.
It had been anticipated that the entire project would be plain sailing and completed in advance of the Tall Ships' event which the city will host next week.
I can imagine that the relevant negotiations with the Member States were not always plain sailing.
Switzerland is Europe's reservoir, but making use of this precious resource while protecting the environment is not plain sailing.
There is no doubt that cost savings are being made and getting through to the bottom line of company profit and loss accounts but, inevitably, it is not all plain sailing.
However it was not all plain sailing for Trinity and Greenock, who found opposition from the lower divisions to be of a higher standard than they had expected.
Now both ferries are on an even keel and settling the financial aspects should be plain sailing from here on.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Luray was reached in time and skirted, then all was plain sailing to Sprucy Branch fourteen miles beyond.
When you know your Pints, blow high, blow low, you'll find it plain sailing all over the house.
It has not exactly been plain sailing for the pair, who split in March following a two-year romance.
To their reawakened spirits the matter was the plainest of plain sailing.
In comparison the country school has the plainest of plain sailing.
In another half hour he was progressing rapidly, and, but for an exceptional word now and again, he found it very plain sailing.
He thought it would be all plain sailing, but he was mistaken.
Having reached the island, the rest was truth and plain sailing.
I once found it so, and certainly I thought that here was plain sailing.
There would be plain sailing now to the head of the Canyon of Desolation.
She had a very busy winter and, of course, it was not all plain sailing.
I invented a breakdown in my health, and everything is plain sailing.
It was not all plain sailing for the home side as they conceded almost as many penalties as points scored, allowing the visitors to keep in touch until the final quarter.
After that it was plain sailing, though as far as I could know, there might be most anything ahead of us, and my nerves strained to the snapping-point every instant.
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