Example sentences of "problem [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who are identified as a problem are those whose isolation and poverty and poor housing affects their competence in childcare , domestic skills and coping with unsatisfactory circumstances . |
| 2 | ‘ The portfolios which gave rise to this problem were those under which , besides guaranteed income payments , there was a guarantee that a stated sum would be repaid to the investor at the future maturity date of his chosen stock . ’ |
| 3 | Before the next match , the selectors debated long and hard over the England captaincy , the problem being that Emburey 's form had declined and his place in the team could hardly be justified ; their solution was to drop him and appoint Chris Cowdrey in his place , whose enthusiastic style of leadership had taken an ordinary Kent side to the top of the table . |
| 4 | The only problem being this : having articulated themselves so fully , where the hell do they go from here ? |
| 5 | The problem is that arrogance and aggression are often expressed at the expense of other road users . |
| 6 | Or they can decide that the main problem is that relative poverty got no better during the prosperous 1980s . |
| 7 | The other problem is that part of the radiation dose which induces the TL signal is from the environment the object has been kept in , and the precise storage history over the lifetime of most antiquities is not known . |
| 8 | The problem is that conviction for an attempted crime requires an intent to commit the full offence whereas the ‘ reckless ’ attempted rapist intends to have sexual intercourse but is merely reckless as to the woman 's non-consent . |
| 9 | Another frequent problem is that brood mares are often brought in from the paddock about a month before the horse is due to foal , and are put in a little paddock next to the owner 's house so that ‘ an eye can be kept on her . ’ |
| 10 | Another problem is that local taxes have to be paid for out of taxed income , whereas local taxes in other countries such as America can often be offset . |
| 11 | Mr Patten suggests that the root of the problem is that science has weakened faith . |
| 12 | The great problem is that evaluation focuses upon outcomes rather than processes , and this bias is given increased emphasis in the context of National Curriculum assessment arrangements . |
| 13 | The problem is that information and events worth bringing to parent 's attention do n't always occur at regular fixed intervals so the newsletters may frequently have nothing to say and need to be supplemented by successions of ‘ flyers ’ announcing special events . |
| 14 | The other problem is that Labour is not interested either in reforming the political process very radically to make it more effective in protecting citizens . |
| 15 | The problem is that with the advent of the ‘ promo ’ clip and the likes of MTV producing vast amounts of programming built around it , pop programming has become synonymous with music video , and no-one is going to pay you a lot of money for that , even if your programme ( like ours ) originates its own material . |
| 16 | This earns some US$ 2.3 billion per year but the problem is that domestic consumption is rising at about 12% per year and this is threatening exports . |
| 17 | The problem is that short-term falls in the price of energy can decrease the pace of investment in long-term energy savings . |
| 18 | The problem is that to stop gas emissions is very expensive . |
| 19 | The second problem is that Yugoslav trade values appear to be substantially understated , even in terms of dollars . |
| 20 | Related to this problem is that of making population estimates for new zones that result from overlay operations . |
| 21 | The problem is that soap washes out the natural skin oils which keep our skin supple and protect it from the ravages of the outside world . |
| 22 | The problem is that fight-or-flight behaviours are less and less appropriate in today 's civilized society and this is how the damage is done . |
| 23 | The problem is that unlit wooden sampans or floating logs , which are difficult to see with radar , can suddenly appear in front of a vessel travelling at speed . |
| 24 | Twenty-five years covered in one volume , with four other volumes following to tell the story of 1926 alone , shows that the key problem is that of seeing the whole wood among the wealth of trees . |
| 25 | Their main problem is that food is not absorbed from the gut properly . |
| 26 | The next problem is that of the capital-output ratio , since output is measured as Y in the Harrod model and not W. And the same problems arise when determining the aggregate production function . |
| 27 | The second problem is that legal action and the threat of legal action would put the Library Associational in almost constant conflict with one or other authority . |
| 28 | The overriding problem is that unlike most criminal acts where one knows clearly that one has committed a crime , one can often only know one has published obscene or indecent material at the very end of a prosecution . |
| 29 | The problem is that to get sufficient heating at the site of the tumour from an external source generates unacceptable levels of heat in the healthy soft tissues surrounding the tumour . |
| 30 | The problem is that with normal temperatures , a high compression ball feels like a rock when hit by medium or short hitters . |