Example sentences of "[verb] with problems " in BNC.

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1 Near the head of the lake was the base camp of a French expedition hoping to climb Baruntse , but beset with problems .
2 We now had to grapple with problems of ethics , with questions of morality and of personal philosophy , as we tried to draw a simple police code of practice together to frame those new deviancies created in the 1960s by the Acts of Parliament relating to drug use .
3 In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems .
4 In practice this is likely to mean those schools which are already participating in school improvement schemes or have shown some other indication of an ability to grapple with problems .
5 The voyage had been frought with problems ; waves swamped the vessel and the navigation system broke .
6 Science starts with problems , problems associated with the explanation of the behaviour of some aspects of the world or universe .
7 Before we look at some examples to illustrate this falsificationist conception of the progress of science , a word should be said about the claim that ‘ Science starts with problems ’ .
8 In insisting on the fact that science starts with problems , then , is it not the case that , for the falsificationist just as for the naive inductivist , science starts from observation ?
9 The claim that science starts with problems is perfectly compatible with the priority of theories over observation and observation statements .
10 It will become even less distinct as environmental issues become more and more merged with problems caused by rapidly expanding populations , poverty and the visibly harsh strictures of climate change .
11 This part of the judge 's ruling is important because studies of passive smoking are beset with problems such as establishing a control and of knowing exposure levels .
12 TELEVISION A PROBLEM OF DEFINITION As with the arrival of videorecorders , the development of high-definition television sets is beset with problems of standards
13 I noticed it especially on one occasion when I was beset with problems which had made me very unhappy .
14 Because of these various difficulties a count of quangos is beset with problems .
15 The new government was immediately beset with problems , with Samir Geagea , leader of the Phalangist Lebanese Forces ( LF ) , announcing his resignation as Minister of State within two hours .
16 Innocent was beset with problems which he had little chance of solving as the sands constantly shifted and political and economic undercurrents conditioned behaviour .
17 This first venture , adapted from Norwegian writer Sigurd Christiansen 's 1931 novel about the psychological effects on two post office clerks of an armed raid in which a colleague is killed , was beset with problems throughout filming and beyond .
18 The diagnosis of dysplasia is beset with problems , as discussed above , furthermore the significance and outcome of high grade dysplasia is unpredictable .
19 John Major is beset with problems , you would n't
20 Thus both the setting and the monitoring of performance of the railways in relation to the PSO grant , to investment programmes and to planning , are beset with problems of information .
21 Such competing explanations tend to different predictions of what can be expected in early adulthood as to whether or not the former truants have , for example , experienced difficulties in the labour market or high levels of unemployment , acquired qualifications since leaving school , or met with problems in other aspects of their lives such as their marriages or their mental health .
22 And in response to the growing number of women presenting with problems associated with alcohol dependence , the Board in its report this year makes some moderate and practical proposals about the way in which alcohol might responsibly be marketed .
23 erm I think like David , and Lesley well I mean I think like everyone here , that it is the general attitudes of society that you do n't stick with problems and work them through , that family life is breaking up .
24 Railway official Graham Mitchell says the original tunnel builders were plagued with problems including part of the nearby Wesley Chapel sliding away .
25 Eden himself became more emotional , first as he waited for Churchill to stop teasing and bow out of Number 10 Downing Street , and later as his own premiership became increasingly plagued with problems at home and abroad .
26 As well as dedication to movement , Beryl had great concern for people and spent much time helping with problems large or small .
27 In the old days , child guidance clinics and , indeed , psychoanalytic couches for adult patients were inundated with problems denoting over-control : neurotic inhibition , anxiety , shyness and many other variations on the themes of repression or suppression .
28 Working out a salary structure for expatriates is riddled with problems .
29 Whereas I think cars now , because they give these guarantees on rust , they 've certainly given it a lot of thought , but , I mean there was certainly models that were riddled with problems were n't there ?
30 Some pieces of work , on the other hand , require a lot of reading and study time during composition ; and for these you are likely to produce better work if you choose questions that genuinely interest you , or connect with problems you are in any case interested in outside your literary work , rather than if you feel your work is being done out of obligation or under duress .
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