Example sentences of "problem [be] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 One of the problems is that some doctors still behave as if they are deserving of awe , or as if patients are fools , when every patient is an expert on himself , at least .
2 One of the problems is that these moult-sites are usually as far from man 's activities as possible , often near remote skerries , headlands or small uninhabited islands , and this necessitates the use of a boat in most cases .
3 This problem is but one instance of the general paradox which confronts any kind of radical movement or occupation which is more than purely self , regarding .
4 Claudia , the problem is that one Masai , cruel as this may sound , is not considered very important .
5 One obvious problem is that such imagery may lead us to undervalue the significance of the impersonal , particularly if we treat it somehow as the valueless first rung on the ladder of being .
6 The problem is that such transformations are seldom perceived whilst they are occurring ; they are usually identified long after the event .
7 The problem is that such accounts overlook the dialogue between established and innovative science .
8 The real problem is that such research reveals modes of thought and practice which are well known and constituted , but which are necessarily concealed .
9 The problem is that all energy deals must be approved by Congress .
10 The main problem is that neither cluster is at all prominent , and it is easy to be misled by the adjacent star-fields .
11 The skills are there to be bought : the problem is that many farmers have an exaggerated notion of the kind of worker that they can obtain for the money they are willing to offer , as well as an outdated conception of what the farm worker 's skills would fetch in industry .
12 The problem is that many shareholders and the public at large may not appreciate that the nature of the history business has changed .
13 A major problem is that many people visit a wildlife site , not because it is one , but because it provides access and a car park .
14 The problem is that many people tend to decide far too soon concerning religion that there is nothing there to search for — nothing important to be bothered about .
15 One major problem is that many people simply do not recognise that they are carers , and do not apply for help .
16 The other major problem is that many applications still refer to fonts by ID number rather than by name , Aldus PageMaker is an honourable exception .
17 The problem is that many injury and disease states are not apparent to the physician or the patient .
18 A major problem is that many reef fish depend entirely on the reef for food and protection and are therefore territorially inclined .
19 A second problem is that many bacteria living ‘ in the wild ’ are not always easy to culture in the laboratory .
20 But I think the problem is that many men who hate women do n't realise that they hate women .
21 The colliding conversations are neatly synchronised but the main problem is that each part needs to convey a sense of tough experience with some firm characterisation which the self-conscious and rather tense cast could n't find in this patchy production .
22 Another problem is that each IR or Raman band of each compound has its own characteristic intensity ; concentrations of different compounds can not be directly compared by a simple comparison of relative intensities of bands in a mixture .
23 A final problem is that these substances may be taken up into the blood supply as it passes through the brain and carried to other parts of the body where they may have toxic effects that confound their effects on the nervous system .
24 However a problem is that these nuclei are very small and only a few manage to collide and fuse .
25 One problem is that these goals often conflict .
26 An additional problem is that some drugs , notably diuretics which are commonly used with older people , cause a loss of potassium .
27 The problem is that some butterflies have to be eaten to teach the birds to begin with .
28 Romaine does not deny that implicational relationships exist in language , but concludes ( citing De Camp 1971 as an example ) that " the problem is that some linguists seem to be quite willing to put forward very arbitrary implicational scales without justifying them . "
29 The problem is that some stores of energy are easily tapped whereas others are exceedingly difficult .
30 Another problem is that some synthetics smell , even when washed , so look for fibres coated with an antibacterial agent .
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