Sentence examples for plain case of from inspiring English sources

Gun rights seem like a plain case of negative externalities.

It was a plain case of suicide on the part of the old building.

This seems a plain case of trying to find out what employees are doing and thinking – clearly an intrusion into their private life.

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".

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.

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?

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.

Even just plain cases of the soda accompanied by nothing more than a dnL T-shirt went for as much as $450.

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.

The directors then resolved to dump Morgan Stanley – as plain a case of shooting the messenger as you'll see.

How do you tell the difference between clinical depression and a plain old case of the blues?