Example sentences of "[art] problem [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem had been that there was no ceremony the first time around . |
| 2 | The problem had been seriously aggravated by the poor performances of UK vehicle producers — his own company foremost among them — and the Prime Minister naturally wanted to know what he was doing to correct the adverse trend . |
| 3 | The problem had been compounded in 1929 when , in preparing its anticipated difficult bid for further renewal of the Cassell grant , the District had sought to bolster its ‘ pioneering tutor ’ case by persuading Miss Green to consider offering her preliminary courses in Huntingdonshire , a county without any adult education provision . |
| 4 | Then when it appeared the problem had been solved , Morgan alleges he hid outside Docherty 's and overheard him ringing the journalist again to apologise for his outburst claiming it was only done to fool the player . |
| 5 | Smith first came across the Academy 's prize problem ( Box B ) when browsing through their Comptes Rendus in February 1882 , though the problem had been posed almost a year earlier . |
| 6 | The problem had been that there had been a mix-up over my return tickets from Oslo and I could n't get back . |
| 7 | And although the committee believed that the problem had been overstated , this did little to allay the anxieties . |
| 8 | A Dutch company in charge of the salvage operation claimed later that the problem had been made worse by the refusal of the Spanish and Moroccan authorities to allow the tanker to be towed into their ports for pumping of the remaining oil and for emergency repairs . |
| 9 | The problem had been high on the agenda of an OPEC ministerial meeting held in Vienna in mid-March [ see p. 37335 ] , but both Kuwait and the UAE had refused to agree to production cuts . |
| 10 | He probably expected to find that the problem had been too much for her . |
| 11 | Consequently , the company made charges of £2.1 million against 1991 's profits to cover the overstatement and thought the problem had been solved . |
| 12 | Where the problem arose was when there was no record of anything having been sent or what had been sent or anything . |
| 13 | What could the problem have been ? |
| 14 | The fact that the problem recurs is inevitable given the constant shadowing and articulation . |
| 15 | The essentials of the problem have been thoroughly analysed in the past few years ; the difficulty has been to obtain international agreement on solutions . |
| 16 | One of the major problems for us , whichever Party 's in in control , and I think if Councillor had gone to the press after this report was done and , rather than trying to score points and saying it 's all because it 's lack of Government cash , if he 'd appli if he 'd said , let's all get together on this , let's try and solve the problem , the problem 's been going on indefinitely , let's try and s , he might have gained more credibility . |
| 17 | I think the problem 's been is the problem 's been is that we do n't want to let any business go |
| 18 | I think the problem 's been is the problem 's been is that we do n't want to let any business go |
| 19 | The problem 's been around for a long time , but what 's new is that in an age when women are releasing themselves from stereotypical roles of submission , it 's the men still locked into emotionally repressive macho fantasies who are having all the problems . |
| 20 | I ge to be honest though erm half the problem 's been I think that it 's been spoiling off so much crap , you know when I was doing those little things |
| 21 | Where the problem arises is in the comparatively rare situation in which an adult patient declines to consent to treatment which in the clinical judgment of those attending him is necessary if irreparable damage is not to be done to his health or , in some cases , if his life is to be saved . |
| 22 | The problem has been deferred rather than resolved , as the pressure inexorably intensifies to relax rugby union 's amateur regulations . |
| 23 | Nobbs argues that the problem has been compounded because the government has n't issued any planning advice to guide the industry . |
| 24 | Once the problem has been identified , the couple can start appropriate treatment — with the right treatment , Mr Goswamy predicts , many more infertile couples will conceive . |
| 25 | The company stresses the problem has been very short-lived . |
| 26 | Partly because of water privatisation the problem has been played down because it will cost millions of pounds to solve . |
| 27 | Our test tractor did have some difficulties in keeping the revs constant down at the 700–1,000rpm mark , but this was an early model and Same UK says the problem has been cured on current machines . |
| 28 | ‘ With the Tottenham Three being acquitted , people feel the problem has been ameliorated to some extent , ’ said a campaigner . |
| 29 | One approach to the problem has been to think of the world as God 's body . |
| 30 | ‘ In a sense the problem has been foisted on the surrounding communities , by the City 's development . |