The phrase "an early case of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to an instance or example of something that occurred at an early stage in a particular context or field.
Example: "This study presents an early case of the effects of climate change on local wildlife."
Alternatives: "a preliminary instance of" or "an initial example of".
It is player disunity that will absorb fans and give those who run the teams an early case of agita.
"In those old photos of woolly defenders flocking the goalmouth [Monday's Fiver], was this an early case of parking the baas?" – Phil Smyth.
He meticulously details Nixon's participation in a key 1947 Congressional trip to Europe, seeing it as an early case of Nixon's leadership in foreign affairs.
Warmer weather, classes coming to an end and the sweet promise of sleeping past 7 a.m. can combine to lull you into an early case of senioritis.
Andrea Westermann analyzes an early case of global mineral resource appraisal: In 1877, Eduard Suess, a professor of geology from Vienna published The Future of Gold (Die Zukunft des Goldes).
After overcoming what Mr. Aldrich called an early case of nerves that led to a walk and a triple, he then induced a run-scoring ground out, then a pop-up and a strikeout to end the game.
It also ruled that that requirement did not violate the Constitution under the reasoning of an earlier case of the Court of Appeal, Grupe v. California Coastal Comm'n, 166 Cal.App.3d 148, 212 Cal.Rptr.
It has been expected that the 12-member panel would handle the Savage case as it did an earlier case of alleged sexual harassment involving Rep. Jim Bates (D-Calif.).
Prosecutors will cite an earlier case of police brutality in which Mr. Livoti started to choke a 16-year-old boy who was driving a motorized cart, an allegation that Mr. London has said that his client denies.
We first developed a conceptual framework to help systematically identify strategies to improve the detection of an early case or cluster of novel human influenza disease during the pre-pandemic period.
