Example sentences of "problem [is] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Heart of the problem is that video-on-demand technology has evolved in advance of legislation covering its use .
2 The report suggests a major problem is that young people are bored , with nowhere to go .
3 The problem is that short-term falls in the price of energy can decrease the pace of investment in long-term energy savings .
4 The problem is that New Historicism refuses or only very reluctantly foregrounds its own historicity and position within an ideology .
5 The second problem is that legal action and the threat of legal action would put the Library Associational in almost constant conflict with one or other authority .
6 An additional problem is that certain combinations of words may form a compound whereas different morphological forms of the words may not .
7 One problem is that key settlements have been seen as panacea for all rural problems , irrespective of social and regional context .
8 An additional problem is that Soviet organisations are automatically barred from competing for infra-structural projects sponsored by the World Bank or the Inter-American Development Bank , which require bidders to be members of these institutions .
9 The problem is that professional kits are extremely expensive , and manufacturers of soil testing kits do not extend the testing range to aluminium , lead , iron and copper .
10 The problem is that fight-or-flight behaviours are less and less appropriate in today 's civilized society and this is how the damage is done .
11 The second problem is that Yugoslav trade values appear to be substantially understated , even in terms of dollars .
12 The other problem is that common investment funds can not be tailored to suit your requirements .
13 A further problem is that handwritten letters are contextually dependent on the surrounding letters ( e.g. the letter e is often written differently in the words gent and rent ) .
14 The problem is that light-coloured garments tend to show the dirt rather quickly , and lose their lustre .
15 The problem is that pluralist writings have also shown that there are continuous and time-consuming battles over budget decisions and expenditure allocations , even amongst those whom elite theorists argue are the conspiratorial elite .
16 The problem is that dependent development seems to be possible not only in the Third World but also in underprivileged areas within the hegemonic countries of the First World .
17 A second problem is that corporate profits are already depressed , having declined for three years in a row for the first time since the second world war .
18 The problem is that foreign scouts snap up the talented ones to work abroad .
19 A further major problem is that voluntary organizations have hitherto been able to choose the particular client group within the field on which they wish to focus .
20 You see it may be that Dean 's right I must admit I think I , I agree with Dean I think he is right that the real problem is that natural selection may have fitted us by , as it were , rigging our emotional system .
21 Or they can decide that the main problem is that relative poverty got no better during the prosperous 1980s .
22 The problem is that English law as a result protects property more than it does the person , as discussed in Chapter 3 .
23 The problem is that different vendors are proposing a variety of opposing solutions .
24 The problem is that different vendors are proposing a variety of opposing solutions .
25 ‘ The problem is that clean power other than from wind or water usually requires the application of the kind of technology which is prohibited by the Yasa .
26 Another problem is that local taxes have to be paid for out of taxed income , whereas local taxes in other countries such as America can often be offset .
27 I am sure that he would agree that the real problem is that local authorities across the country can not spend the necessary money on our elderly people because of the capping regime imposed by central Government .
28 This earns some US$ 2.3 billion per year but the problem is that domestic consumption is rising at about 12% per year and this is threatening exports .
29 One problem is that offshore oil and gas industries have a number of bodies making regulations , but the principal inspectorate is the Department of Energy , which also has an interest in maximising production .
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