Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] been a [adj] problem " in BNC.

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1 As the former Director of WHO Global Programme on AIDS has said : ‘ Denial at personal , social , national and international level has been a constant problem and remains today a grave threat to public health . ’
2 The growing number of life sentence prisoners has been a considerable problem for the prison service for some years now .
3 Lack of funds has been a big problem , especially for research , but it always has been .
4 A CBI spokeswoman said : ‘ The common cold has been a real problem . ’
5 Poverty has been a continuing problem in post-war Britain .
6 As lack of resources has been a perennial problem since the beginning the boost given to the financial status of the BDA by the patronage of The Princess of Wales has been of incalculable value .
7 Playing contact with South Africa has been a continuing problem for New Zealand rugby for over 30 years — and the problem will not go away .
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