Example sentences of "problem [was/were] that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main problem was that the missile launchers were often mobile , moving from site to site . |
| 2 | Mr Appleby said he was told that one problem was that the crew did n't have time to clear the ferry properly because of the tight turnaround schedule en route . |
| 3 | The problem was that the will of the people could vary from week to week , from speaker to speaker , making consistency almost impossible . |
| 4 | If the only problem was that the price of gold , fixed prewar at $35 an ounce , had to be adjusted for the wartime inflation in order to secure an adequate supply , then perhaps doubling the gold price would do the trick . |
| 5 | The only problem was that the coastline awarded to Poland lacked a single port larger than a fishing village along its entire length and was therefore virtually useless to a modern state . |
| 6 | Another problem was that the show business element attracted a different kind of spectator . |
| 7 | The basic problem was that the switch from autarchy to internationalism had not been fully effected : a free-market economy could not exist as long as its component parts — especially investment , supply of raw materials , and the purchasing power of the domestic market — were still closely controlled by the state . |
| 8 | The problem was that the spire was just a little too tall and too thin for its own good . |