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‘A problem can be that something-is-the-case.’

[⟨det problem.n⟩(that.p something-is-the-case)]

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In the British National Corpus:

However, the one problem with traditional methods of family planning is that they almost invariably require that the man be involved as well.
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In Wikipedia:

Other problems are that the residing time is undefined and the consumption of steam is very high, but at high temperatures, good circulation is easily achieved.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“The problem now is that these companies are not willing to sign up,’ ’ she said.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The only problem is that special software is in fact still required – and we’re not
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Another problem with reducing the skills list is that many skills get combined together.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Another problem was that last year’s vaccine didn’t protect against some of the widely circulating strains of the flu.
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In Wikipedia:

One problem revealed in the tests was that the reliability of TPQ – 37 is much lower than what was claimed.
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Possible problems could be that the egg is not released at the optimum time for fertilization, that it may not enter the fallopian tube, sperm may not be able to reach the egg, fertilization may fail to occur, transport of the zygote may be disturbed, or implantation fails.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Another problem is that our City Council is entirely too beholden to special interests.
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In Wikipedia:

Other problems found during testing were that the boat could not be trimmed straight and level, the fin area was increased by 18 % and the tail was re – designed including fitting a cupola over the tail gun position.
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In the British National Corpus:

One obvious problem in establishing and using age norms is that, for any given child, it is not easy to be precise about when any specific skill has been mastered.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“The problem with tagging is that it’s a chore, so most people don’t bother.
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In Wikipedia:

A further problem is that, even with the best alignment, the formula cannot distinguish a substitution error from a combined deletion plus insertion error.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Another problem here is that Obama talks about America, I. e., the U.S., as if it is a living self-existing being, granting blessings because of its loving and nurturing nature.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Further problems are that even if a journal is on average A or even C, not all individual articles will be of that quality: we all know great journals that publish the not so hot piece and not so hot journals publishing truly great articles.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The problem was that financial manipulation cannot replace the need for adequate income growth.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The problem is that it’s much easier said than done.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

One problem in comms is that the media, often justifiably, bear down on problems when they occur but move on again pretty quickly.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

One problem is that most middle-class Americans don’t know how their members of Congress actually voted on the issues in question.
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Queried on 2013-05-19.