The phrase "a plain case of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a straightforward or clear example of something, often in a legal or moral context.
Example: "This is a plain case of negligence, as the defendant failed to take necessary precautions."
Alternatives: "a clear instance of" or "an obvious example of".
Gun rights seem like a plain case of negative externalities.
It was a plain case of suicide on the part of the old building.
She called it "a plain case of judicial overreaching," and added, "The judge's decision puts all of the new benefits, cost savings and patient protections that were included in the law at risk".
means put up or shut up, doesn't it?" The caption to a cartoon in an 1884 Police Gazette was "Put up, shut up or get!" (presumably, "get out" or "git"), and the Americanism was locked into language by Mark Twain in his 1889 "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" with "This was a plain case of 'put up, or shut up.' " Put up what?
Querying why the Ministry of Justice should foot the bill, he commented: "This is a plain case of fault, either by the West Yorkshire police or the CPS, so why shouldn't they pay?" After Tuesday's ruling, John Sauven, executive director of Greenpeace, said: "The sheer scale of covert policing against legitimate organisations is corrosive to the democratic values and principles we hold dear.
This is a plain case of a cop who shouldn't be a cop.
The new-ish Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) could not have hoped for a plainer case of chiselling, devious and code-breaking behaviour by a supermarket.
Even just plain cases of the soda accompanied by nothing more than a dnL T-shirt went for as much as $450.
Some have called these plain cases of plagiarism; others have suggested that they diminish or else entirely scuttle the idea of Dylan as an original American voice.
How do you tell the difference between clinical depression and a plain old case of the blues?
The modest handful of pine nuts in this recipe round out what might otherwise have been an otherwise bland of a plain pastry case, while also making it richer, and crumblier, than ever.
