Until a few years ago, it seemed a straightforward piece of chemistry.

It's a very straightforward piece - no two-handed tricks, nothing!

But it was a very straightforward piece of plas-ex plus detonator.

This is a straightforward piece of nineteenth-century popular hagiography.

Yes, yes: it was a straightforward piece of routine, perfectly simple, as I told you.

It was a perfectly straightforward piece which said, 'There is a public dimension to this.

Nothing is simple; apparently straightforward pieces carry specific histories, meanings and emotions that are difficult for outsiders to access.

I see a relatively straightforward piece that's difficult to disagree with if you care about the rights of others.

Thurii was thus not a straightforward piece of Athenian imperialism.