Example sentences of "[adj] problem [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structural explanation of social problems is pursued more thoroughly than in a developmental model . |
| 2 | The term ‘ the inner city ’ may tell us much more about the manner in which an agenda of social problems is set by the combined and unequal influences of a variety of interest groups than about the political economy of cities but its very reproduction in a set of discourses about ‘ the urban ’ guarantees it a status of its own . |
| 3 | Social problems are crowding in on a city where the body-count for murders rose from a record 1,905 in 1989 to a new record of more than 2,200 in 1990 . |
| 4 | Personal and social problems are explained in terms of the unequal distribution of power and resources in society . |
| 5 | Ecological and social problems are also outlined in Moldavia , Armenia , Azerbaijan , the Uzbeck republic , Turkmenia and Tujikistan . |
| 6 | Women 's movements as responses to economic and social problems are increasing rapidly in the region . |
| 7 | For example , it is known that attempts usually follow acute and serious interpersonal conflict , that chronic difficulties and social problems are common , and that a large proportion of patients have taken steps to gain help from their family doctors before the attempt . |
| 8 | Social problems are discursively constructed and demand policy resolutions that must be first and foremost valuable in the context of this discourse . |
| 9 | What specific social problems are prevalent in the area and what support can you expect in trying to prioritise for special need ? |
| 10 | Social problems are simply what members of a society feel is a problem at a given time . |
| 11 | Social problems are those aspects of social life that cause private unhappiness or public friction , and are identified by those in power as needing some kind of social policy to deal with them . |
| 12 | Serious economic and social problems are putting rural communities at risk says a report on poverty in country areas . |
| 13 | A major contribution here has been to demonstrate that such social problems are the product of social structural arrangements and not the consequences of individual or personal qualities ( see above on individualistic versus sociological explanations ) . |
| 14 | Sociologists have also strongly questioned the fallacy that social problems are necessarily the product of ‘ bad ’ things . |
| 15 | Too many contemporary social problems are conveniently attributed to the media but , in the case of public disorder , some blame is clearly justified . |
| 16 | In particular his concern with social benefit and social cost ( the costs of ill-health fall on the community , not just the individual ) , the view that welfare spending should be regarded as a social investment which could increase national productivity and efficiency and his technocratic approach to solving social problems are all typically Fabian . |
| 17 | Male unemployment is running at 27pc , and this coupled with severe health and social problems are just some of the issues the second bid is hoping to tackle . |
| 18 | A TRUST is being set up in Scotland to help to improve the way a wide range of social problems are handled , writes Bryan Christie . |
| 19 | Social problems were divided into thirteen categories . |
| 20 | The detailed classifications of mental health and social problems were divided into six : neurotic , psychotic , alcohol — drugs for mental health ; and practical , emotional and relationship , and physical ill health for social problems ( Fitzgerald , 1978 ) . |
| 21 | Partnerships were to be developed between central and local government , social problems were to be relieved and a better demographic balance was to be achieved between the older cities and their surrounding conurbations . |
| 22 | It was at last obvious that my learning and social problems were caused by my disability and not by my stupidity . |
| 23 | They occurred in deprived inner city areas where a combination of social problems were concentrated . |
| 24 | In previous centuries needs were recognized reluctantly , if at all , when social problems were of such proportions they could no longer be ignored . |
| 25 | Bereaved men often talk about their social problems being rather more connected with their homes than outside them . |
| 26 | Overall , by 1900 central government action concerning recognized social problems was greater than in 1870 but still slight in contrast with the magnitude of those problems and of the range of demands for action . |
| 27 | Many sexual problems are treated these days primarily by educational or instructive methods , which can be very effective . |
| 28 | We repeat again that many sexual problems are the direct heritage of infancy and , in that respect , are not easily overcome . |
| 29 | The sheer frequency in our population of sexual difficulty means that sexual problems are likely to figure among those which confront clients . |
| 30 | One particular area in which technical terms are likely to cause some problems is that of grammar : and here we shall follow the terminology and general view of grammar presented in Quirk and Greenbaum 's University Grammar of English . " |