Example sentences of "the problem [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can not resolve the problem one way or another because the nature of the problem is itself ill defined . |
| 2 | Nutty discussed the problem one night with Biddy after the others had set off back to the factory . |
| 3 | the hypothesis may seem to give a palatable explanation of the emergence of life on Earth , but it merely pushes the problem one stage back : how did life originate on the planet of these putative alien space travellers ? |
| 4 | Edward , given a private room , discovered the problem first hand : it took twenty minutes before he raised the operator , and another ten before he was talking to Flight Lieutenant Benson . |
| 5 | But Smart may have owed his freedom in some measure to a House of Commons Committee of Enquiry into the problem that year . |
| 6 | If you are in any doubt whether a fact is implied you should ‘ play safe ’ and take the problem each way , that is , first on the assumption that the fact exists and then on the assumption that it does not exist . |
| 7 | But , as I have said , your opinion on this should not ( except in a completely unarguable case ) deter you from taking the problem each way . |
| 8 | The problem each system faced was that the matching process created a large number of partial solutions , and various heuristics had to be used to cut down the search space . |
| 9 | I 'm rather dreading that , but everyone has the problem some time , do n't they ? ’ |
| 10 | I 've been considering the problem this afternoon . |
| 11 | A conference was held by the UN to discuss the problem this summer , following on from last year 's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , but was mainly devoted to national issues such as data collection and dispute settlement . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ The problem this season has been that many of the sites have not fished very well at all . |
| 13 | My advice to the Government is that they can not sort out the problem this side of a general election , so why not get on with the job of laying the long-term foundations for a successful economy ? |
| 14 | Cos that was the problem last time was n't it , we were n't quite sure |
| 15 | We have taken an option to purchase at the at the cost as agreed , which was the problem last time |
| 16 | ‘ The problem last season was that we were too successful . |
| 17 | The problem last season was that they did not score enough goals . |