Example sentences of "be [v-ing] with the problem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lynn Eaton looks at how staff in one SSD are grappling with the problem |
| 2 | The authorities have been grappling with the problem for a decade , but still the cars choke the cobbled streets . |
| 3 | In his attempt to construct a model of the molecule , given the valencies of these two elements , there was no obvious way that the twelve atoms could be arranged into a conventional chain , and he had been wrestling with the problem for quite some time . |
| 4 | He should be grappling with the problem of how to stay alive , but instead could think of nothing but the problem of Jess . |
| 5 | However , back in England Florence Nightingale and William Rathbone [ qq.v. ] were wrestling with the problem of starting a district-nursing scheme for London and they persuaded Florence Lees to return and ‘ harness her great cleverness ’ to conducting a survey of the nursing needs of London . |
| 6 | The prince said there was a lack of strategic thinking to tackle the problems and he added : ‘ I think what we are doing is tinkering with the problem , which is a structural one . |
| 7 | Er Madam Speaker , I I agree with er the honourable gentleman that it 's extremely important that the various agencies do play a part in working together to ensure effective action with minimum bureaucracy and I know that the honourable gentleman has been anxious to ensure that that happens in his own constituency and his own area where he is dealing with the problems of high unemployment er and the fall out from the closures of pits in his area and if the honourable gentleman has any specific er er measures which he would like us to look at then I 'd be very happy to consider those . |