Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [adj] problem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fleming was no chemist and appears not to have been interested in pursuing the chemical problem . |
| 2 | Builders must finish the job in a proper and workmanlike fashion and must use suitable materials — you have a claim if these principles are not adhered to , and if you can establish shoddy or negligent work it is possible that the courts will award damages for inconvenience caused in addition to the cost of rectifying the initial problem . |
| 3 | It wo n't be us at the next E I P , but are n't you inventing the same problem |
| 4 | Octavia Hill was an energetic propagandist and played an important role in bringing the appalling problems of filthy , overcrowded slum dwellings to the attention of government and of philanthropists . |
| 5 | The information is already so widely dispersed throughout the chemical literature that Pople and coworkers , realising the immense problems and complexities involved in organising a bibliography , decided to set up a database . |
| 6 | After that , a top executive tends to get stale , in Pearce 's opinion , because ‘ you 're seeing the same problems coming up for the second , third or even fourth time and you begin to think you 've done it all before . |
| 7 | We are ensuring that the beef that we sent to St. Petersburg and Murmansk has got through , and we are tackling the remaining problems of distribution in Moscow . |
| 8 | In tackling the serious problem of rural poverty , the Kenyan Government has advocated a Basic Needs approach to development and the research focuses on the ability of the schemes to improve standards of living for the rural poor . |
| 9 | I therefore My Lords conclude that the Bill on this point should stand as it is and in general I strongly support my Honourable Friend the Home Secretary on the plans that he now puts before the organisation of police authorities in tackling the serious problems of law and order which we all face in this country today . |
| 10 | Cost-saving exercises may not be tackling the real problem which is the need for a structural change . |
| 11 | As a way of tackling the major problem of making something essentially static into something always forward-moving , I offer this tip . |
| 12 | We can deal with most of these problems , however , by examining and tackling the central problems of monitoring , intervention and audience/performer relationship . |
| 13 | You can often save yourself a lot of money by tackling the simpler problems yourself . |
| 14 | In tackling the grave problem of dilapidated and overcrowded property by reconditioning old houses and building new ones at low rents , the way was led , as it has so often been , by private individuals and voluntary associations . |
| 15 | In the light of the discussion above , it is possible to present the objectives of investment planning and enterprise democracy not merely as desirable from a socialist point of view , but as potential means of tackling the basic problems reflected in the sorry history of party politics since the '60s : investment planning as a means of breaking through the conservative/speculative mode of calculation of the financial institutions and restructuring industry ; enterprise democracy as a means of transforming the ‘ veto power ’ of the working class into a positive influence over the direction and management of enterprises . |
| 16 | Before tackling the theoretical problems raised by that question , it will be instructive to look at the volatile critical reputation of Brief Encounter within British film culture , since this can be linked very closely to shifting paradigms of authorship . |
| 17 | As a result , UNDCP now intends to concentrate on its other drug-control measures in Bolivia , such as tackling the growing problem of drug-taking among local children , and will leave many of its alternative-development projects in the hands of other UN agencies . |
| 18 | But at the same time many , like Cobbett in Rural Rides , believed they were tackling the wrong problem in the wrong way . |
| 19 | Every group can be tackling the same problem , or different groups can be working on different improvisations . |
| 20 | After 1977 its brief was extended to include industrial , environmental and recreational projects — a reflection of the white paper 's suggestion that economic decline was crucial to understanding the urban problem . |
| 21 | He talked through the whole drama again with them , explaining the various problems their son had had , discussing the probable outcome of each of his injuries had he survived , and then , when there was no doubt left in their minds that he should have died , he gave them even more . |
| 22 | The Chinese Wall is a self styled regulatory mechanism aimed at stemming the flow of material information from one department in a conglomerate to another and resolving the legal problems associated with conflicts of interest generally . |
| 23 | Two methods of resolving the first problem are : |
| 24 | Although these problems may never surface , they should be anticipated and the methods for resolving the potential problems should be clarified before beginning the review . |
| 25 | COMMUTERS stood on tracks disrupting London-bound trains yesterday in protest at British Rail 's ‘ scorched earth ’ policy for eliminating the perennial problem of leaves on the line More than 50 people at Carshalton , Surrey , swapped season tickets for placards to protest at the transformation of leafy tracksides into what one called a ‘ scene from Apocalypse Now ’ , the film about the Vietnam war which showed the effects of mass defoliation with napalm . |
| 26 | Discovering the reason for the temporary loss of libido and keeping the whole problem in perspective will help . |
| 27 | This analogy leads to the ‘ decision tree ’ , a useful way of structuring the multiple problems associated with development projects so that the expected value ( EV ) criterion can be used to help decide which branch to follow . |
| 28 | This analogy leads to the ‘ decision tree ’ , a useful way of structuring the multiple problems associated with development projects so that the expected value ( EV ) criterion can be used to help decide which branch to follow . |
| 29 | Once in a pond , the adults will attach themselves to any fish , causing the same problems as Argulus , but on a grander scale . |
| 30 | The difficulty is that of translating the verbal problem or formula into the correct operations in the correct sequence . |