Example sentences of "the problem is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We call this first period of recording the baseline which tells us how bad the problem is before intervention starts . |
| 2 | Usually the problem is that no one is really taking charge and telling the others exactly what to do . |
| 3 | The problem is that it is highly improbable that a group of patients with brain injury constitute a natural kind , even when they display similar symptoms on some test or other . |
| 4 | When planning if the problem is that the vice jaws foul the plane fence , the answer is simple . |
| 5 | The problem is that unless you have absolutely plain walls , there will be a number of obstacles to tile round , and you have to decide how to get the best fit round them with your inflexible tile squares , without ending up cutting impossibly thin slivers to fill in all the gaps . |
| 6 | He said yesterday : ‘ The problem is that the law is artificial . |
| 7 | The problem is that normally potential purchasers have to incur the expense of undertaking surveys and arranging mortgage finance , without any idea whether they will be able to afford the final selling price . |
| 8 | ‘ The problem is that Knighton wants to sit in the chairman 's seat , at least for a while , ’ one confidant said . |
| 9 | The root of the problem is that there is no Non-Conformist equivalent of the church commissioners who , as well as contributing in large measure to Church of England clergy stipends , share with the state the responsibility for providing the Redundant Churches Fund . |
| 10 | ‘ The problem is that Israel wants to choose both teams on the football field , ’ a diplomat said . |
| 11 | And the problem is that its effect on the neighbours — within a radius of miles , given the capability of modern sound systems — is severely damaging . |
| 12 | The problem is that so little of police time is devoted to it . |
| 13 | The problem is that if one of the projects you tell them about goes wrong , as inevitably it will , they 're inclined to hold it against you . |
| 14 | The problem is that , as we have seen , the Marxist theory of society depends on a contradiction between conflicting principles and on a conflict between different classes . |
| 15 | But the problem is that the government wo n't allow my children to go to school . |
| 16 | The problem is that there 's little to offer in between ; high street quality seems almost a contradiction in terms . |
| 17 | ‘ Compounding the problem is that , compared with German manufacturing , we 're still very much a sweatshop sort of industry . |
| 18 | ‘ The problem is that British&Commonwealthstill has a credibility problem . |
| 19 | The problem is that the second question can not be answered until Washington comes up with a consensus on the first . |
| 20 | ‘ In Poland , the problem is that one ca n't buy toilet paper . |
| 21 | The problem is that they clog up . |
| 22 | ‘ The problem is that very little is really known about the problem . |
| 23 | The problem is that where there 's security , there 's also entrapment . ’ |
| 24 | The problem is that , to speak of noise , to give it attributes , to claim things for it , is immediately to shackle it with meaning again , to make it part of culture . |
| 25 | The problem is that , as with any drug or intoxicant , tolerance builds up rapidly . |
| 26 | The problem is that Weller , ever earnest , has internalized too thoroughly the edict Rock is Dead . |
| 27 | Even when the music 's good , ( Act 's first single was superb , the Age of Chance LP was surprisingly listenable ) the problem is that the pop schemers have made MASS POPULAR SUCCESS such an integral part of the product . |
| 28 | ‘ The problem is that the missing person was going to marry a junior Treasury Minister . ’ |
| 29 | One Serb said : ‘ The problem is that no one knows what will happen . |
| 30 | Part of the problem is that Mr Bush is not a character with whom cynical Washingtonians feel comfortable . |