Until recently, its ties to public officials were fairly direct.

"There's going to be a fairly direct price increase for people who are honest," he said.

I would stick from Augsburg on to a fairly direct route.

So do you know of a fairly direct, safe path there?

I think we followed a fairly direct course back to camp, the same route we took going out.

By repute, she has a fairly direct way with presidents.

The title and the song itself is a fairly direct translation of the English original.

The government's concern has led it to exert fairly direct, although informal, control over the pay bargaining process.

He glanced at his watch, a fairly direct hint, but Forbin was not to be put off.

This was a fairly direct and simple form of water management.