Example sentences of "problem [is] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The problem 's arisen because surface water has n't been able to drain away .
2 The problem is compounded when we allow our leading businesses — Rowntree and perhaps Cadbury 's and others — to be bought up by foreign predators so that our muscle is destroyed .
3 The problem is compounded when the range and number of data types is substantial , if only because the data may be acquired from a very wide variety of sources .
4 The problem is compounded when attempts are made to find out the costs of individual services when subsidies are paid line-by-line , rather than for whole sectors ; yet this is what RENFE 's 1984 programme contract with the state claimed to achieve ( RENFE 1984a : 80 ) .
5 The problem is compounded where the codes in contact themselves are not only similar but have diffuse norms , so that the boundary between them is not always clear either to the linguist or to community members .
6 Now , boundedness of the primal problem is ensured if the dual problem is feasible ( assuming primal feasibility ) .
7 The problem is increased when considering the rationes of a Court of Appeal decision where three ( or possibly five ) judgments are given ; in the House of Lords five ( or possibly seven ) speeches are given .
8 This problem is exacerbated when dealing with an illegal activity such as heroin use , especially when some form of sampling is necessary .
9 This problem is selected because of the importance given to the division of labour within modern Marxist discussions of social class and also within more orthodox sociological analyses of class ( i.e. ‘ occupational classes ’ ) .
10 The fourth is not to believe his own publicity and think that the problem is fixed if the share price goes up .
11 We have learnt that when there is protracted sunlight during the summer months the low-level ozone problem is activated and aggravated , causing massive difficulty for those who suffer from respiratory diseases .
12 The second problem is to decide whether a particular exemption clause relating to liability for death or personal injury is to be dealt with under s 2(1) or 2(2) .
13 By the same token the essential requirement for tackling this kind of problem is to gather and to analyse as much relevant information as you can .
14 A Problem Report Form should be completed and passed to the Computer Group who will ensure that the problem is recorded and progressed in a timely fashion .
15 They will continue to do so , whatever their number , while the problem is seen as mainly one of numbers , of needing more specialist staff to work individually with specific children , away from the learning situation where the difficulty occurs .
16 If one unit does fail in the off position , the second unit can take over until the problem is seen and corrected .
17 In summary , the main features of the architecture are as follows : the problem is viewed as one of directed search of a graph , this search space being contained within a single global data structure , the Chart .
18 The problem is magnified when handwriting is cursive , since it is difficult to tell where one character finishes and another starts .
19 Of course , one major problem is ensuring that the experimental and the control groups are as alike as possible in all relevant respects .
20 Resume the queue when the problem is corrected or cancel the document .
21 If the problem is to determine and report on the suitability of a particular kind of steel for the construction of a bridge , an elaborate description of the tests carried out and the results obtained is not a full technical report , however excellently written .
22 The problem is solved if the central core is very thin so that there is no room for reflection .
23 In anglerfish ( above left ) the problem is solved because the males are parasitic and attach themselves permanently to females .
24 If there are no active nodes left , the problem is solved and the incumbent solution is optimal .
25 The problem is solved and the incumbent solution ( 4,0 , 1¼ ) is optimal .
26 Even when a problem is solved and the fish have apparently recovered it is common for tropicals to suffer an outbreak of White Spot and Coralfish to get Oodinium a few days later .
27 That evening G. is phoned by the company and told the problem is solved and the leaking machine located .
28 There is also some credit to be gained by radio , television or the press where an individual 's problem is solved and ( as it is normally represented ) the forces of darkness are vanquished .
29 The problem is resolved when Chris announces that his conference has been put forward to 5 June , although something in his manner suggests to Matty that he got the date wrong in the first place .
30 The problem is assessing whether they are going to change or not and I suppose I get criticised for being too tolerant at times .
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