Example sentences of "problem is [conj] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 The real problem is that Televisa 's experience in Mexico may have convinced it that a strategy which worked well in a market where the company was protected by the government is one that will succeed in the face of intense competition .
2 The only problem is that Ian wants to get married and I do n't . ’
3 The problem is that China 's generation and transmission technology is some 10 to 20 years behind the West with significant power losses at both the generation and transmission stages .
4 The problem is that Weller , ever earnest , has internalized too thoroughly the edict Rock is Dead .
5 The problem is that UK households , like US ones , are struggling to repay the debts they took on in the boom years of the 1980s , he explained .
6 ‘ The problem is that Israel wants to choose both teams on the football field , ’ a diplomat said .
7 The problem is that XPG is like defining an English language .
8 The problem is that XPG is like defining an English language .
9 Fifth , listen to the real customers — and not just the information systems managers of IBM 's 10 top mainframe customers — part of the problem is that IBM pays too much attention to their needs and not enough to what 's going on elsewhere , says Smith .
10 The problem is that Pan Am is also in chapter 11 and some people are wondering if the airline that pioneered many of America 's routes across the world will soon follow Eastern into liquidation .
11 The problem is that Reich only took half of Freud 's theory , and ignored the role of the death instincts which were developed in the later theory of psychoanalysis .
12 The problem is that Taurus tried to be too nice to everyone and did n't tread too hard on the banks ’ toes . ’
13 The first problem is that Stratford is totally dependent upon the construction of the fast link to the tunnel via the east coast and Kent .
14 The initial problem is that Major is a Conservative and Clinton is a Democrat , and although party differences are not necessarily a bar to a good relationship , the problem has been compounded by two incidents during the US election campaign .
15 The problem is that Charles is being harried into an early grave by the burden he 's unable to set down . ’
16 The problem is that Kylie , no matter how short the mini-skirt , will never be anything other than wholesome .
17 Part of the problem is that Mr Bush is not a character with whom cynical Washingtonians feel comfortable .
18 However , the problem is that Mr is not keen , I think it 's been a labour of love doing the one , he 's not keen to do the other one .
19 The problem is that Osborne 's attempts to underline his point by the ‘ subversive ’ use of Mozartian instruments ( horns tuned in semitonally clashing keys , Anton Stadler 's clarinets performing Stravinskian arabesques ) result in music which I found neither diverting nor in itself particularly thought-provoking .
20 ‘ The only problem is that Bush is sure to win . ’
21 ‘ The problem is that Knighton wants to sit in the chairman 's seat , at least for a while , ’ one confidant said .
22 The problem is that Freud claims that his findings are as firmly established as the findings of the latter type of psychology , even though he only used the methods of verstehende psychology .
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