Example sentences of "[num ord] 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 . |
16 | The first problem is that many young doctors do not get an adequate training . |
17 | The first problem is that although we claim we no longer look at such concepts of ‘ fault ’ and ‘ who 's to blame ’ when dishing out the money , or the children — even judges now realize that most marriage break-ups have two guilty parties — the law still forces one spouse to complain about the other . |
18 | The first problem is that it is easy to determine the incorrect stem of a word ( e.g. mother → moth + er ) . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | The first problem is that a graph of units is being layed over a continuum . |
21 | The next problem is that not all programs make use of the ANSI.SYS so do n't expect the key swap to be honoured by everything . |