isolated case

collocation in English

meaningsofisolatedandcase

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isolated
adjective
uk
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/
not near to ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofisolatedandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofisolated case

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This is not anisolatedcase.
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This was not anisolatedcase.
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Nor was it anisolatedcase.
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Such a threat was not anisolatedcase.
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The example was taken to be anisolatedcaseand was left unanalysed.
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What makes this story even more interesting is that it was not anisolatedcase.
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The father's evolving style, on the other hand, is not anisolatedcase.
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In addition to the results mentioned above, we improve the previous best-known lower bounds for anotherisolatedcase.
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In those families where the appearance of a haemophilic boy was anisolatedcase, the impact was more severe.
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Is this anisolatedcase?
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This is anisolatedcase.
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Is that anisolatedcase?
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That was anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is noisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It was anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If that were anisolatedcase, it would be alarming enough, but it is not anisolatedcase.
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He referred to this being anisolatedcaseafter an arrest—anisolatedcaseof re-arrest.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is not anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Sadly, this is not anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
But that is not anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is anyhow anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That was not anisolatedcase.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is noisolatedcase, however.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This patent is noisolatedcase, however.
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