notorious case

collocation in English

meaningsofnotoriousandcase

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notorious
adjective
uk
/nəʊˈtɔː.ri.əs/us
/noʊˈtɔːr.i.əs/
famous for ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofnotoriousandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That is anotoriouscase.
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This is anotoriouscase.
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It is a mostnotoriouscase.
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There was onenotoriouscasein the last few weeks.
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Probably the mostnotoriouscaseis from 1984—admittedly it is a little dated.
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I shall not name names but there exists anotoriouscase.
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A few years ago anotoriouscasearose in my constituency.
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Some people may dine out for a month as jurors hearing anotoriouscase.
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Anotoriouscasein my constituency involved a house which had been converted to three flats.
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She has to give evidence before a jury and, in anotoriouscase, a packed public gallery.
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Here mention is made of thenotoriouscase, or those arousing serious local concern, as a reason for refusal.
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I would say it certainly did not look like it, judging by thenotoriouscasewhich has been before the public very recently.
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He may have lived in the same area as a previous,notoriouscase, possibly of the same kind in public imagination, involving the same wrongdoer.
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It has tried to take action over one particularlynotoriouscasebut it faces bitter, well financed and hard-fought opposition from motoring organisations.
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Another example of the absolute failure of justice is the even morenotoriouscasewhich occurred only a few months ago.
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There was onenotoriouscasewhere there was a death, and within 12 months the property went back to the original donor.
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In onenotoriouscasean obstinate husband endured 35 years in prison rather than give his wife aget—a religious divorce.
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That was a mostnotoriouscasewhich aroused more interest and was more widely published than almost any other case in my time.
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There was anotoriouscasewhich arrived on my desk recently in which one operator was responsible for 1,400 separate offences.
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In onenotoriouscasean estate of millions of pounds, made under conditions which the country would hardly tolerate to-day, was taken away.
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In anotoriouscasesome time ago, some clerics made fools of themselves over a man who was not a refugee and went back to his country.
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In onenotoriouscasein my constituency, the authorities took nine months to obtain an order against a 14-year-old involved in a string of incidents.
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Not even in thenotoriouscasewhen the regulations were made in connection with the means test was there any possibility of our dealing with the difficulty that had arisen.
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In the debate in another place the point was made that in thenotoriouscaseof ballot rigging in the electricians' union it was a postal ballot that was fiddled.
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