Example sentences of "[be] [art] [noun sg] [prep] the trouble " in BNC.

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1 That had been the beginning of the trouble , because her mother had made her swear solemnly , although she was only seven , that she was innocent of all filthiness , and although she had sworn , she knew deep down in her heart that she was n't .
2 A broken toy lay between them which seemed to be the source of the trouble ; it was Lucy 's best doll , she noted , before striding into the room , anger swiftly replaced her fright .
3 ‘ Will there ever be an end to the trouble between Copts and Moslems ? ’ he asked wearily .
4 If the child gets better when certain foods are excluded , then they should be reintroduced to check that they were the source of the trouble .
5 If you have cut out more than two or three foods , and your baby gets better , then you will probably wish to test the foods to see which ones were the cause of the trouble — often it will just be one food .
6 Parents may jump to the conclusion that the fact of being adopted is the root of the trouble when that has nothing to do with the case .
7 If you begin to feel better , then it is likely that hyperventilation is the cause of the trouble .
8 If he is the cause of the trouble , then it sounds very much like territoriality , not food-seeking ; a territorial cichlid will rarely attack much smaller fish , especially non-cichlids , but will go for territory contestants , viz other cichlids and especially conspecifics .
9 Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest supporters of a classless society , not just I 'm not just talking about the silver spoon in one 's mouth , it 's the sometimes the stainless steel spoons of the middle class that erm that is a lot of the trouble , and no-one took on the establishments of the professional bodies erm and who have been over the years had a great deal of privilege in this country more than Margaret Thatcher .
10 The consensus along the corridor was that Yussuf 's wife was all right really apart from her inability to produce any children and that this was the root of the trouble .
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