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Yet the matter is not as cut and dried as it seems, mostly because of the sheer size of the funds.

The visitor got up to make his little speech'which, although it was supposed to be impromptu, was clearly cut and dried.

But Egyptian journalists say the restrictions are not as cut-and-dried as they might seem to outsiders.

Notonly was the idea of an invasion increasingly popular, but on the merits I didn't consider the case against war to be cut-and-dried.

This is one of those cases that are less cut and dried, and other schemes might be as suitable as mine.

In the ER, things were cut and dried, he said; there was noquestion of what to do next.

The result of the election is now cut and dried.

I'm tired of your cut-and-dried opinions. Who do you think you are!

Those who like their categories cut and dried may wonder whether viruses are alive or not.

Whatever their inspiration, fantasies are deeply personal and aren't always as cut and dried as they may see.

Compared with dinosaur exhibition in the past, touring process is not cut-and-dried, but is to give you a brand-new feel.

After grow up we always busy, the favour takes a rest after is over again continue favour, day after day, live to also become cut-and-dried.

It is better for a dutiful teacher to avoid rubbing cut-and-dried things into students.

The results of the national election were rather cut and dried ; the Republicans won easily .

State Department spokespeople are expert vendors of cut and dried answers to reporters'questions.

Most spokespeople are experts at doling out cut and dried answers to reporters' questions.

These terms generally aren't purely cut and dried: they exist on a spectrum, like design.

For us everything must be cut and dried so that we can do something practical with it, build something with it, worship it.

This tissue, often cut and dried especially for use as building material and fuel.

Everyone in the weekly briefing felt bored to discuss the cut-and-dried plan their boss made with their team leader yesterday.

Less cut and dried is what constitutes attractiveness.

While this seems pretty cut and dried, this date doesn't agree with the date given on the Deathday Party cake.

People at the convention heard many cut-and-dried speeches.

The investment part actually remains pretty cut and dried.

The inquiry is by no means cut and dried.

The proposal is not cut and dried; you may add some new ideas.

Mr. A told me about the car accident in a cut-and-dried manner.

But for small alpine lizards, gender isn't so cut-and-dried.

The competition would have been cut and dried 10 years ago.

But it still doesn't need to be a cut and dried thing, where each finalist is ranked as precisely as 1, 2, 3.

Alas, not all projects in the real world are so cut and dried.

With Red Hat 8, the choices are cut and dried: non-journaling (ext2) and journaling (ext3).