Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] the trouble " in BNC.
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| 1 | As play was held up Bucknor strolled over to the scene of the trouble and appealed for calm . |
| 2 | Another process is sometimes adopted for getting rid of the sediment without the trouble of decanting in this mode ; the bottles are reserved in a frame proper for the purpose , for a certain number of days , so as to permit the foulness to fall into the neck ; while in this position , the cork is dexterously withdrawn and that portion of the wine that is foul , allowed to escape , after which the bottle is filled with clear wine , permanently corked and secured with wire . |
| 3 | That had been the beginning of the trouble , because her mother had made her swear solemnly , although she was only seven , that she was innocent of all filthiness , and although she had sworn , she knew deep down in her heart that she was n't . |
| 4 | Disagreement about the rate at which parents let go is usually the root of the trouble . |
| 5 | Parents may jump to the conclusion that the fact of being adopted is the root of the trouble when that has nothing to do with the case . |
| 6 | and hinted that it would probably be a good idea if the Rector of St. Mary 's , the Vicar of St. Peter 's , and Mr. John Meridyth ( another Grammar School Visitor from the 1850s ) , who were considered to be at the root of the trouble , were not appointed Trustees . |
| 7 | At a preliminary meeting of the British commanders Slim bluntly observed that ‘ the root of the trouble lay in the fact that the Burmese distrusted us ’ . |
| 8 | The root of the trouble lies in the fact that no segment of a polycyclic river has a perfectly smooth concave profile , so that the formula gives a curve with an approximate fit . |
| 9 | I think she 'd become a habit with him , if you know what I mean — and of course she was at the root of the trouble between Silas and me . ’ |
| 10 | The consensus along the corridor was that Yussuf 's wife was all right really apart from her inability to produce any children and that this was the root of the trouble . |
| 11 | Er the trouble about the trouble with the fifties and er actually it was a very good programme er for reminiscing about the fifties . |
| 12 | The uprising was put down by the action of the police and the army , and an unknown number of people were killed , among them Muhammadu Marwa Maitatsine , leader of the fanatical sect which was at the centre of the trouble . |
| 13 | The continuing bail-out of the FSLC , the FDIC 's counterpart for the savings-and-loan industry , shows the scale of the trouble . |
| 14 | If you begin to feel better , then it is likely that hyperventilation is the cause of the trouble . |
| 15 | If you have cut out more than two or three foods , and your baby gets better , then you will probably wish to test the foods to see which ones were the cause of the trouble — often it will just be one food . |
| 16 | If he is the cause of the trouble , then it sounds very much like territoriality , not food-seeking ; a territorial cichlid will rarely attack much smaller fish , especially non-cichlids , but will go for territory contestants , viz other cichlids and especially conspecifics . |
| 17 | I thought the leg might have been broken , but the cause of the trouble is a shot up here . ’ |
| 18 | Tribunal chairman Lionel Brown said : ‘ The cause of the trouble is free alcohol . |
| 19 | Tribunal chairman Mr Brown said : ‘ The cause of the trouble is free alcohol if people had to pay for it they would not drink so much . ’ |
| 20 | By some kind of irony this was exactly the reverse of the trouble with masonry cathedrals which fell down because they turned out to be in tension when the builders held that they were in compression . |
| 21 | Livingstone said he had been at home at the time of the trouble while Hardy said he watched the disturbance , although he did not throw anything . |
| 22 | If the child gets better when certain foods are excluded , then they should be reintroduced to check that they were the source of the trouble . |
| 23 | Nicholas Winton identified the state travel agency as the source of the trouble . |
| 24 | X-rays showed that his teeth were partly the source of the trouble , and in July those at the back were removed in stages and dental plates inserted in their place . |
| 25 | For him , the inability to locate the source of the trouble resulted in unmethodical chaos . |
| 26 | Holmes agreed that it was in ‘ the homes of the children ’ that ‘ the source of the trouble so often lies ’ and concluded that ‘ the problem of the dirty school child is not one which could be solved by any enquiry into the School Medical Service ’ . |
| 27 | A broken toy lay between them which seemed to be the source of the trouble ; it was Lucy 's best doll , she noted , before striding into the room , anger swiftly replaced her fright . |