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

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1 Part of the problem is that the children become dependent on the parents to wake them and take no responsibility themselves .
2 A major problem is that the roots go deep .
3 Another problem is that the tests show practice effects ; that is , for the first day or so of testing , subjects ' performances improve greatly ( and so mask any daily rhythms ) as they are getting used to the tests and are developing their personal ways of tackling them .
4 Now the problem is that the Tories do not have to privatise the National Health Service to damage it .
5 A major problem is that the measures do not all move together .
6 Another problem is whether the parties have thereby lost their right to terminate the entire treaty on either of these grounds because of the acceptance of a right or obligation by a third party .
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