The phrase "as great a problem" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the significance or severity of a problem to another issue or situation.
Example: "The lack of resources is as great a problem as the lack of skilled personnel in our project."
Alternatives: "just as significant a problem" or "equally serious a problem".
However, it isn't as great a problem as you might think.
Her addiction to that fame is just as great a problem, though.
While Ford castigated him as "the biggest flip-flopper I know," Carter proclaimed that inflation posed as great a problem as unemployment and reverted to his preconvention stance favouring a balanced federal budget.
The Celtics' size advantage proved to be just as great a problem as the Knicks feared, with Boston grabbing 15 offensive rebounds (for 19 second-chance points) and winning the overall rebounding margin, 44-34.
And the recent Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act has given the authorities such sweeping powers of control and surveillance that one wonders if self-censorship is not as great a problem as direct intervention by the government.
Robert, previously I asked if you wanted to take a leadership role in Washington fixing the "ferocious problem of jobs and wage" that appears to be as great a problem as America has ever faced, except for problems involving war that is.
Just across the Queens-Nassau County line, residents in Great Neck do not have as great a mosquito problem.
Threat(s): Although house mice do not pose as great an economic problem or health risk as rats, they are implicated in the transmission of diseases, rickettsial pox, tularemia, salmonella and bubonic plague.
Just over a week ago, the stock market had soared on Mr. Greenspan's suggestion that global financial problems posed as great a threat to the United States as inflation did, suggesting that a rate cut to stimulate the economy might be on the horizon.
Bad for me as an entrepreneur, but great as a problem solver!" The next phase of Gluckstern's campaign would be to convince the opposition that the campaign was going to continue.
The number of artisanal and small-scale gold miners and the amount of Hg released from ASGM is as great, if not greater, a problem in Asia and Africa as it is in South America (UNEP 2013c).
