I should have thought that that was as clear as a pikestaff, but it has not appprently dawned on the men themselves.
However, the matter is as plain as a pikestaff.
It is as plain as a pikestaff that additional funds are necessary.
It is as plain as a pikestaff that he is looking for £1·59.
It is pikestaff plain that the regulations are about cost-cutting.
And it is as plain as a pikestaff that these drill halls are centres—focal points.
Those factors are becoming as plain as a pikestaff.
This has been as plain as a pikestaff throughout the past 12 months.
