classic case

collocation in English

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classic
adjective
uk
/ˈklæs.ɪk/us
/ˈklæs.ɪk/
having a high quality or standard against which other things ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofclassicandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclassic case

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Aclassiccasestudy for bringing together research traditions in applied linguistics and discourse analysis.
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It is aclassiccaseof conflict between the dictates of teleology and deontology.
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The 1984 framework directive on industrial emissions (adopted under unanimity) is aclassiccaseof emulation.
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The paper reconstructs thisclassiccase, and eventually concludes that the latter theory was progressive compared with the former.
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This is aclassiccase.
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It was aclassiccase.
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That is aclassiccase.
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Here is aclassiccase.
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This is aclassiccasein point.
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That was aclassiccaseof coercion.
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That is aclassiccaseto consider.
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That is anotherclassiccaseof revisionism.
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Aclassiccaseof jumping to conclusions.
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It is aclassiccaseof overcorrection.
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Take theclassiccaseof a revolution.
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Water is aclassiccaseof exploitation.
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Obviously, pensions is aclassiccase.
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The amendment involves aclassiccase.
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That is theclassiccaseof prostatectomies.
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It would be aclassiccase.
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That is aclassiccaseof inflation.
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The author thus argues that thisclassiccaseof grammaticalization (and potentially others as well) may be productively analyzed entirely from within formal syntactic theory.
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Aclassiccasehas recently been brought to my attention.
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To me, this is aclassiccaseof buck-passing.
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This is aclassiccaseof listening to experts.
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