Example sentences of "second problem is [that] " in BNC.

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1 A second problem is that many bacteria living ‘ in the wild ’ are not always easy to culture in the laboratory .
2 The second problem is that where the engine joins the Series IIa gearbox there is a half moon gap , this could cause serious problems of mud and dirt if we have to wade across mud to pick up some dismounted horse rider .
3 The second problem is that even if we are able to provide functionality with replacement materials , we have to place them within , and thereby create an interface with , the tissues of the body which are extremely aggressive to any invading agent but which are also exquisitely sensitive to their presence .
4 The second problem is that even if a motorist — despite all the odds — actually adheres to the recommended limits , all the evidence points to the fact that he or she is still driving too fast for the safety of local residents .
5 The second problem is that the effects of inflation make the relationship between calculated rates of charge for credit and its real-life costs already difficult enough to grasp — virtually incomprehensible .
6 A second problem is that the SupersPORT has a bastardized type of CGA , known as double-scan CGA .
7 The second problem is that the complex multi-causal nature of drug use makes it difficult to identify what particular combinations of factors make people likely to use heroin , and changes in these causal variables could increase the size of the potential user population .
8 The second problem is that , even when he is directly involved , Butman never gets under the skin of either characters or company .
9 A second problem is that the calculation of the half-life of carbon 14 is still being refined .
10 A second problem is that the theory embarrassingly fails to fit the facts of history .
11 The second problem is that a lax competition policy might be used by a member state as a substitute for trade policy or industrial policy , to protect domestic producers or to promote export sectors .
12 A second problem is that ( 6.9 ) is an infinite sum which might diverge .
13 A second problem is that it seems somehow contradictory that to should have meaning in some of its uses but not in others .
14 A second problem is that utterances like ( 101 ) Harry can only speak this loud are token-reflexive to the physical properties of the utterance itself , so that not only do the enormous technical problems of dealing with token-reflexives in a logical manner have to be solved , but all the physical properties of an utterance will also have to be available as indices ( requiring , again , an indefinite number of indices ) .
15 Now the second problem is that we all value our freedoms and we the greatest thing that we all have in our lives , whether it 's in work , or whether it 's in our marriages or just in our social life , we all value our freedom and initiative , we want to be able to use our own initiative .
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