Example sentences of "problem was that the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , if the original problem was that the monetary sector as a whole was critically short of base money , then the attempt by individual banks to improve their own position by raising interest rates will be self-defeating . |
| 2 | The problem was that the whole thing had become so complex — it was n't only what he was going to do now but there was the stuff back at the club , there was Ashdown and what he knew , there was the whole sorry business of his suspension and the charges against him … taken one piece at a time it seemed bad enough , but taken all together it was far too much for his mind to handle . |
| 3 | The problem was that the cultural experience offered by an education in science and technology was in practice a completely different kind of experience . |
| 4 | One general problem was that the very number of international organisations had divided the democracies and had created several different Western Europes . |
| 5 | The only problem was that the big men in Formula One were not delegated at the Plenary Conference of FISA and so did not have a vote . |
| 6 | The main problem was that the socio-political implications of scientific and technological change were not thought through thoroughly . |
| 7 | The new initiatives of the left made a start by identifying strategic sectors of the economy in which to intervene , rather than adopting a blanket approach to all firms in their area — but the problem was that the local authorities were still geographically limited . |