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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a problem was encountered" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone has encountered an unexpected difficulty or obstacle. Example: During the construction of the new building, a problem was encountered with the foundation, causing a delay in the project timeline.
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If a problem was encountered that was considered to affect the results of testing, the femoral head was discarded.
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Cleanup of excessive warnings when a problem is encountered.
Such a problem is encountered when laser-Doppler velocity measurements are carried out in acoustics.
A problem is encountered at the outset, however, for terms such as beautiful and ugly seem too vague in their application and too subjective in their meaning to divide the world successfully into those things that do, and those that do not, exemplify them.
This is consistent with a relatively low per-base probability (∼6 × 10−4) that a problem is encountered during gap filling over the range of gap sizes observed.
10, 11 A similar problem was encountered in the first attempts to treat GSDII with gene therapy in animal models.
A similar problem was encountered when MaSp2 films were stretched using any variety of alcohol and water concentrations, breaking the films instead of actually stretching them.
When a similar problem was encountered in the M@NGO trial, the research midwives made contact through text message in the first instance and invited the women to telephone the researcher at the hospital.
A similar stereochemical problem was encountered in studies of sarcin/ricin GAGA tetraloop cleavage by ribonucleases α-sarcin and restrictocin.
No technical problem was encountered.
This problem was encountered by all centres.
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