Example sentences of "problem was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1980s , the NUT in particular seemed , at times , to oppose all education reform on principle ; its main prescription for educational problems was the pumping of more money into the system . |
| 2 | The most acute of Derry 's housing problems was the Springtown Camp . |
| 3 | Alexander realized that the root cause of many problems was the over-tightening of the neck muscles , causing an interference with the Primary Control and so throwing the whole body out of balance . |
| 4 | An exception to these incremental approaches to growing traffic-related problems was the broader perspective provided by Alker Tripp , an Assistant Commissioner at Scotland Yard with much experience of traffic problems in a large city . |
| 5 | Unsympathetic members of the congregation remained unimpressed , however ; they maintained that the source of the vicar 's problems was the French pox ! |
| 6 | ‘ . Among the juridical problems was the effect on other treaty parties , third parties to the devolution agreement . |
| 7 | One of these problems was the need to introduce the study ( traditionally neglected in institutions like ours ) of modern foreign languages . |
| 8 | Another source of problems was the presence of some errors within the text . |
| 9 | More important than the actual resources that the policy of grandeur diverted from domestic problems was the damaging impression it created — an impression that the regime was more concerned about foreign policy than domestic problems . |
| 10 | Erm our view was that there are erm problems associated with er an inner relief road and one of one of those problems was the amount of traffic that would pass through End at Knaresborough , there was a lot of concern as we spelt out to members in our er committee report that erm traffic erm along Forest Lane Head towards Knaresborough along the A existing A fifty nine corridor , would actually increase over the do nothing situation . |
| 11 | The problem was the unusual one of a warmish ( well , for the plants anyway ) , wet spring . |
| 12 | We put the machine to the test removing rust from a section of decorative ironwork and the only problem was the tendency of the disc to bite into the metal if too much pressure was applied . |
| 13 | Part of the problem was the less than perfect relationship between the Air Ministry and BOAC , which would have to operate the new aircraft . |
| 14 | Here the problem was the muck . |
| 15 | The other problem was the blisters . |
| 16 | The only problem was the kettle , the noise he would make filling it . |
| 17 | For the other three bodies the problem was the same : either the districts ( for Primitive Methodists ) or the individual chapels ( for Congregationalists and Baptists ) allowed men into the ministry who had no academic qualifications . |
| 18 | The second problem was the influx of men trying to enter the ministry by the end of the century ; if we look at ministers actively engaged in church work in 1901 we see that three out of every ten Primitive Methodists , four out of every ten Wesleyans , five out of every ten Congregationalists and seven out of every ten Baptists had entered the ministry in the 1890s . |
| 19 | The main potential problem was the efficiency of the replacement genes designed to prevent the Aids virus reproducing itself . |
| 20 | The problem was the lack of resources ; a choice had to be made . |
| 21 | Physically the original problem was the connecting of the Soar Navigation system , completed during the early phase of canal development , with the Grand Junction system , the new line between London and Braunston through Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire , completed in 1914 . |
| 22 | Another problem was the oedema he was getting under his stomach and around his sheath . |
| 23 | A major limitation is that , generally , an injunction will only be granted if the employer was in fact willing to continue with the contract , ie where the real problem was the prospect of unwelcome interference in the contract by a third party . |
| 24 | A partial answer to this problem was the building of hundreds of windmills to pump water back into the specially constructed drainage channels , and these were succeeded by steam pumps ( see Stretham ) . |
| 25 | As stated earlier in this chapter , the main Ipswich problem was the very limited availability of home helps , meals-on-wheels and day care facilities . |
| 26 | The problem was the law 's strict insistence on privity of relations in personam . |
| 27 | No , the problem was the car missed its targets . |
| 28 | Hume 's solution to what he had decided was the problem was the re-introduction , in a form suitable for a more politically evolved society , of the binding power of personal contact . |
| 29 | In drawing up a care plan , Mrs Allen and I agreed that the main problem was the infected gash on her leg and the surrounding area of cellulitis . |
| 30 | A final problem was the potential conflict with her stepson , who blamed her for allowing Mr Allen 's problem to become so serious . |