Example sentences of "problem [is] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The problem is that we know nothing about either the land or the people , ’ Alexei said . |
| 2 | The problem is that we lack virtually any faith . |
| 3 | The problem is that we sow so little . |
| 4 | My problem is that we wish to give a small donation to Bruce for the street children , but our charitable giving is channelled through Charity Giving Scotland , whose vouchers can only be used by a charity registered as such in Britain . |
| 5 | Our problem is that we tend to eat too much of some nutrients and not enough of others . |
| 6 | The problem is that we have got the balance wrong . |
| 7 | When it comes to other sensory systems , much of the problem is that we have n't the sort of clear ideas about how they might work that we have about the visual system . |
| 8 | The only remaining problem is that we have three different sorts of diphthong : those which glide to ( , , ) , those which glide to ( , ) and those which glide to ( , , ) . |
| 9 | Our big problem is that we have over thirty million pounds ' worth of schemes actually in building at the moment , and of course you ca n't stop those without wasting a , an enormous amount of money , so we 're carrying on with those . |
| 10 | I believe that the reason for this being such a common problem is that we live , in the Western industrialised world , in such a disembodied way . |
| 11 | ‘ Our biggest problem is that we do not have an organisation in the country that has a monitoring role for the quality of our soil . ’ |
| 12 | The distinction between the individual and what is being looked for can be confused : the problem is that we do n't always know how much . |
| 13 | The problem is that we do n't get the following day 's forecast until 4pm and sometimes it has to join the queue for updating . |
| 14 | One problem is that we do not necessarily know what a particular wavefunction looks like , and it is here that the LCAO approach to the construction of molecular orbitals is very useful . |
| 15 | Our problem is that we do not understand how officials can know whether a claim is frivolous until they have looked at it . |
| 16 | The problem is that we do not as yet know how fluent Braille takes place , or what strategies fast readers use . |
| 17 | Our problem is that we do n't know whether long term exposure to those levels is in fact hazardous or not , we just do n't know . |
| 18 | The problem is that we seem to have dropped the Health Service off more and more and more over that period of time , and I think , to be fair , the programme sums it all up , two motions on the Health Service . |
| 19 | The only problem is that they slide about on a highly polished surface , so buy some rubberised netting to use as a backing from a carpet shop . |
| 20 | Their problem is that they 've lost five hundred pounds . |
| 21 | ‘ The only problem is that they taught me to swear like a trooper . ’ |
| 22 | The problem is that they represent such a concentration of points that they are bound to attract fire , either from enemy archers or from those deadly war engines . |
| 23 | The problem is that they clog up . |
| 24 | The problem is that they do not agree on the facts surrounding this event . |
| 25 | Their only problem is that they do not convey the feeling and atmosphere of a site and often appear less authentic than a skilful reconstruction drawing . |
| 26 | The problem is that it gets out of hand . |
| 27 | ‘ Our perception of the problem is that it comes and goes , according to the availability of the salmon and a lot of them have been trapped in the system because of the lack of rainfall recently . |
| 28 | A second problem is that it seems somehow contradictory that to should have meaning in some of its uses but not in others . |
| 29 | The problem is that it has the effect of actually reinforcing alienation , leaving room for that disjunction from the natural world which allows certain scientists to behave with inconceivable cruelty in their laboratories , which allows workers in slaughter houses to treat animals as if they simply had no rights or feelings at all , which allows people to justify all manner of exploitation , as if there were no moral obligations or injunctions upon us whatsoever . |
| 30 | We now have a splendid new bypass road for which thank you very much , the only problem is that it has halved the traffic but doubled the speeds . |