The phrase "a reliable case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a situation, argument, or example that is trustworthy or dependable in a specific context.
Example: "The lawyer presented a reliable case that convinced the jury of the defendant's innocence."
Alternatives: "a trustworthy example" or "a dependable instance."
The highway engineers could never make a truly reliable case that a retrofit would guarantee safety in the next "big one".
They were not able to find a single reliable case of a TE-derived protein coding sequence in these data.
There is no experimental evidence to support that C. burnetii causes abortion in cattle as the only reliable case was a full-term stillborn calf [ 20].
Birchbox shipments are often too reliant on less valuable items, like single-use makeup wipes, tiny eyeshadows without a reliable protective case, or totally hit-or-miss perfume samples, for example.
The latter seems a reliable methodology: case study implies an explicit and a priori choice to start and conduct an evaluation exercise with specific aims and features.
A reliable computer case definition is therefore essential for conducting studies of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes associated with medication exposure using automated databases.
No combination of clinical and demographic predictors served as a reliable diagnostic case definition in the population and influenza season studied.
The Barnett shale, which has the longest production history, provides the most reliable case study for predicting future shale gas potential.
These approaches are intended for intensively assessed epidemiological cohorts where goal is valid and reliable case detection with efficient and cost-effective tools.
Hope-Simpson also reported the intervals between linked cases in households using different case definitions [1]; the intervals for what he regarded as the most reliable case definition, "maximum rash".
