Example sentences of "there were problem [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But there were problems with the orchestra … and perhaps , looking back to it now , I was not always very helpful to Mr Bing , but , in general , the idea of co-operation between houses was not welcomed .
2 ‘ I phoned and said , ‘ Where 's the money ? ’ and was told there were problems with the book-keeper , who would be coming in to sort it out , ’ says Debbie .
3 This exercise revealed that , although there were problems with the availability of information to support the finance function , generally these were outside the control of the OIC .
4 On less tangible aspects the tour must have added a plus or two to the English rugby character , for there were problems with the itinerary , occasionally with the accommodation .
5 In its adjudication , it says : ‘ The CPS decided not to prosecute the woman as there were problems with the quality and admissibility of the evidence submitted by the Daily Mirror .
6 There were problems with the warrant , and the Legal Attaché was going to be down at New Scotland Yard for the morning , and probably for the afternoon .
7 Proposals to transfer the unit to Great Ormond Street Children 's Hospital were being considered ; however , there were problems with the negotiations ( which ultimately failed in December ) and essential staff left .
8 If there were problems for the disabled they could be ironed out .
9 The patrol was dropped into Western Iraq by helicopter , but poor information meant there were problems from the start .
10 There were problems in the past with the way the fund was run , but when I took over a couple of years ago we took a very long look at our accounting system and put matters right .
11 When he admitted that there were problems in the country , he attributed these to the supposed ravages of the former Shah 's rule , the war against Iraq , the Gulf war and the influx of refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq .
12 There were problems in the relationship between the Task Force and local authorities .
13 The system was unwieldy , since grant applications had to be submitted for some three hundred individual services , and there were problems in the calculations of costs and hence of the appropriate subsidy ( Joy 1973 : 127–31 ; Parker 1978 : 7 ) .
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