Sentence examples for plain cases from inspiring English sources

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.

Gun rights seem like a plain case of negative externalities.

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

A report to Congress by his top economic adviser said cheaper production of goods overseas had long-term benefits but did not make the plain case that domestic job losses were a good thing.

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.

It is simply a plain case of: "Do as I say, not as I do".

This is a plain case of a cop who shouldn't be a cop.

But sometimes it's just a plain case of a person not having the right mentality to be a cop.