Sometimes a complaint can be resolved simply by a phone call explaining the law.

Without his having had to say No, I don't want to do any more, the situation had simply resolved itself.

The matter could be resolved simply by the Governor himself.

This rather dubious legal proposition has since been overruled, but don't expect the issue to be simply resolved in local, state, or even national politics.

"It would be tragic if this were resolved simply by all of us dying off," he said.

Some ethical conundrums can be resolved simply by learning a little more.

The debate in physics has highlighted other issues that will not be so simply resolved.

Other matters may be resolved simply by the giving of information or advice about the law.

More generally speaking, however, the problem cannot be resolved simply by means of regulation.

A difference of opinion such as this is not simply resolved by institutions or decision-taking procedures.