Example sentences of "problem was [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem was a very narrow entrance to the platform and a very efficient-looking ticket inspector . |
| 2 | But in so doing , they ignored a continuing problem ; and they created a new one , for the price they paid for the French troops who solved the English military problem was a monarch who was taught to be French and Catholic , and who would return to her country only when both these things clashed with the prevailing balance of power in Scotland . |
| 3 | No , the problem was a licence with such potential being turned into such a diabolical arcade adventure . |
| 4 | My final solution to the problem was a bit risky , but not as risky as the alternatives — or so I thought ! |
| 5 | But Paul 's ‘ solution ’ to the problem was a typically ‘ diplomatic ’ one that appears to achieve something valuable but may satisfy neither side in the long run . |
| 6 | Once again the problem was a lack of suitable replacements should Woodrop go , and Graham indeed considered the bailie-substitute indispensable , for |
| 7 | The big problem was a tangled legal dispute between various family members in Germany over who owned FUS . |
| 8 | The first obvious problem was a complete lack of any instructions ! |
| 9 | Reluctance to adopt any of these measures with any strong conviction highlighted the widespread belief in the Los Angeles community that the problem was a scientific , technological or engineering problem rather than a social , political or legal one . |
| 10 | A subsidiary problem was a reluctance to raise rateable values , the basis of the property tax , in line with market prices . |
| 11 | He said that the real problem was a failure of local government funding . |
| 12 | Her only problem was a sore throat , which made speaking difficult . |
| 13 | The underlying cause of the problem was a 1978 initiative , Proposition 13 , which had more than halved local property taxes , thereby impoverishing local government . |
| 14 | I told you the problem was a political one . ’ |
| 15 | The basic problem was a big growth in borrowing coupled with a drop in demand because of the recession . |
| 16 | Though the group 's branded business grew , the main problem was a 14 per cent drop in the sale of bulk whisky overseas , partly because the company had been undercut by other suppliers and also because the export market for bulk product cut its stocks in anticipation of price cuts . |
| 17 | A less noticeable but ultimately more crucial problem was a general decline in profitability . |
| 18 | She was admitted on Thursday amid suggestions that her problem was no more than ‘ a slight tightening of the throat ’ . |
| 19 | Part of the problem was an initial doubt about the type of actress the Production team wanted , as Carole Ann Ford explains : |
| 20 | The problem was the unusual one of a warmish ( well , for the plants anyway ) , wet spring . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Part of the problem was the less than perfect relationship between the Air Ministry and BOAC , which would have to operate the new aircraft . |
| 23 | Here the problem was the muck . |
| 24 | The other problem was the blisters . |
| 25 | The only problem was the kettle , the noise he would make filling it . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The main potential problem was the efficiency of the replacement genes designed to prevent the Aids virus reproducing itself . |
| 29 | The problem was the lack of resources ; a choice had to be made . |
| 30 | 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 . |