Example sentences of "have [be] a problem " in BNC.
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| 1 | Self-belief has been a problem this season and has not been helped by narrow defeats against Wasps ( 11–7 ) , Saracens ( 13–12 ) and London Irish ( 12–9 ) and a 9–9 draw with Rugby . |
| 2 | However , a report in last month 's Railway Gazette says the terrain has been a problem , and that complicated foundations for the all-concrete track bed are proving expensive . |
| 3 | This has been a problem in metabolite measurements when using enzyme electrodes . |
| 4 | But the Leeds manager is almost certainly on the point of making a move — and the priority is the right-back position that has been a problem all season because of the absence of Mel Sterland . |
| 5 | But the Leeds manager is almost certainly on the point of making a move and the priority is the right-back position that has been a problem all season because of Mel Sterland 's absence . |
| 6 | Japan has been a problem area for E&Y since its merger in 1989 . |
| 7 | Staying motivated for matches has been a problem for the teenager , who is trying to juggle her tennis with more normal aspects of life in Florida . |
| 8 | ‘ The hype has been a problem , ’ comments Buzz 's Mark Neale . |
| 9 | Firstly , the AS/400 is a pig of a machine for C-based tools vendors to work with , even with IBM 's help , and performance has been a problem with the product . |
| 10 | Although funding has been a problem for some flexible trainees in the past , these new arrangements should improve this aspect of the arrangements considerably . |
| 11 | Edmonds ( 1962 ) also says that this has been a problem throughout the 150 years of the Inspectorate . |
| 12 | I know that there has been a problem with beef in Moscow . |
| 13 | Inflation has been a problem in the past . |
| 14 | This has been a problem on some of the new designs of Sprinter and at present , it is often quite uncertain whether one can or can not travel with a cycle on specific journeys , which discourages cyclists from using rail at all . |
| 15 | Thank you Chairman and Town Clerk and Councillors for attending that meeting because this has been a problem here for so long that I think all of us would be delighted to see it resolved to the er satisfaction of the local residents . |
| 16 | Arson has been a problem since last August . |
| 17 | It 's only just been serviced so I would have had something to say if there 'd been a problem . |
| 18 | Inspector White said : ‘ Providing the club [ Arsenal ] were happy , staging a second replay ay Highbury would not have been a problem for us . |
| 19 | It appears that erosion may have been a problem , as much of its course , in the vicinity of the mill , is brick lined . |
| 20 | It would have been a problem for me if the bloody sergeant had come along and seen me drinking beer or seen that bottle beside me . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't see any reason why a dog should have been a problem , ’ said Dr Julia Schofield after collecting her MBE from the Queen . |
| 22 | And although this could have been a problem with Platinum , Mr Nabakov feels he has found an acceptable way around it . |
| 23 | The supply of metal may not have been a problem if supplies of scrap were plentiful and if there was a continuous re-cycling of the raw materials . |
| 24 | Ensuring the water supply for the towns during the dry Cretan summers must always have been a problem . |
| 25 | Though I suppose the trusted associate bit might have been a problem . |
| 26 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 27 | Not that it would really have been a problem , other then psychologically . |
| 28 | It should have been a problem because the personal details of Flora are meant to be secret , under the terms of a high court injunction granted in the middle of last month , Sarah is not allowed to discuss anything about her daughter with anyone , other than her legal and medical advisors . |
| 29 | Erm it it could have been a problem if we 'd have both been so me materialistic that we wanted to keep everything we 'd got hold of you know . |
| 30 | With only around 1,350 candidates throughout the UK in 1992–93 , the availability of tuition might have been a problem ; however , as the subjects are ‘ shared ’ with the Banking Certificate , evening classes and correspondence tuition are widely available . |