The phrase "a broader problem that" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing an issue that is part of a larger context or situation.
Example: "The recent data breach is just a symptom of a broader problem that affects the entire industry."
Alternatives: "a larger issue that" or "a more extensive concern that".
That practice allowed investigators to probe whether a complaint filed by one student resulted from a broader problem that required a sweeping remedy.
Once we take into account all these dimensions, it becomes evident that the "cost of living crisis" is only one – albeit important – part of a broader problem that is afflicting most people in Britain.
This is indicative of a broader problem that is particularly acute in low and middle income countries, where life-saving and cost-effective technologies are becoming more readily accessible while the infrastructure and financial resources are not yet available to provide these on a large scale and in an equitable manner.
But there is a broader problem that touches on last week's column on the fallibility of financial studies.
"It suggests a broader problem that they refuse to divulge this information much less to discuss it," Ms. Patel of the Brennan Center said.
David Schroeder, vice president of federal relations at the Community Bankers Association of Illinois did not know the specifics of Ms. Wright's case, but said it illustrated a broader problem that Congress needed to consider as its took up the far larger $30 billion small-business program that Mr. Obama proposed in his recent State of the Union message to help create jobs.
In several of those roles, he found himself spending more time working with freelancers and agencies than he did actually designing — eventually, he realized that this is a broad problem that's causing "a lot of pain" for a lot of companies.
Determining which statistics are informative for particular processes and how they compare to other inference methods is a broad problem that we plan to address in future work.
Human trafficking is a much broader problem that involves the exploitation of men, women, and children in both sex and nonsex sectors.
But a close look at how the crisis developed also reveals broader problems that could complicate efforts to restore consumer confidence and to ensure that no other tainted meat enters the food supply.
Since 2014, its lone goal has been to end the caliphate, not to solve the broader problems that gave rise to ISIS, especially in Syria.
