Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] [adv] [v-ing] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I understand , so in other words your research is n't actually going to tell us more than |
| 2 | This aspect of his practice is only just beginning to change , but he intends to persevere with it , spurred on by the personal satisfaction he has derived from ‘ seeing them do their maths ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ This snow is n't just going to go away , is it ? |
| 4 | AS the busy part of the tourist season draws to a close , the Ravenglass and Eskdale narrow-gauge railway on Cumbria 's west coast is once again preparing to receive a visiting locomotive to its tracks . |
| 5 | Being his girlfriend was n't exactly going to do her image with the rest of the team much good either . |
| 6 | But then came the ‘ troubles ’ and a series of body blows from which the village is now only beginning to recover . |
| 7 | ( The grammar is also one of reassurance : with the object positioned second , the beloved is n't suddenly going to turn out to be someone different . ) |
| 8 | They have weathered every kind of financial storm over the centuries and have skills which the public sector is only just beginning to learn . |
| 9 | The County Council is n't actually trying to control who occupies houses and what purpose they occupy them . |
| 10 | The , another point is that that having raised the hopes of the housing associations the council is now actually trying to close a door that that we ourselves opened and this is tantamount to paying lip service to the health and the housing associations , yes , we 'll support you but not if it means that we have to sell you our houses . |
| 11 | The steady gaze was only just beginning to show a hint of scorn . |
| 12 | Angel was now desperately trying to make his way as a professional polo player . |
| 13 | Data for gall stone recurrence after extra corporeal shock wave dissolution are only now starting to emerge but the initial results showing 11–15% gall stone recurrencerates one to two years after lithotripsy certainly confirm this prediction . |
| 14 | A workshop with one machinist who carefully adjusts and sets the machine up and leaves it that way at the end of the job is not necessarily going to need the heaviest equipment . |
| 15 | But all that business is not simply going to vanish : ICL will be refilling the channels with its own personal computers and DRS 6000 and DSR 3000 Unix machines before they even empty of third party machines — and by using a captive distribution network , ICL should be able to improve overall profitability . |
| 16 | Statistically , half of them are women , and that third of the world 's population is only now beginning to feel that they have a say in the running of their lives . |
| 17 | In this way , the infant is not only learning to communicate with another person , but also to communicate about something . |
| 18 | Coulommiers is a small Brie , eaten very young when the surface mould is only just starting to appear , and Fongeru is similar but ripened in fronds of bracken and very difficult to obtain . |
| 19 | The first runner to reach the top is not necessarily going to hold his lead on the descent . |
| 20 | The library user who looks for books of art criticism is not necessarily going to have an easy task . |
| 21 | ( 5 ) In respect of any orders for payment of standard basis costs by the plaintiffs to the defendants that have already been made it is , as we understand it , common ground that the court was not thereby purporting to deprive the defendants of any costs which they were contractually entitled to add to their security . |
| 22 | I also remember thinking at the time that dressing like a white man and taking a white man 's name was n't ever going to hide the Apache in him . |
| 23 | Nevertheless , the longer you look , the more the qualities and character of the tomb become apparent and the clearer it is that the architect was not simply trying to imitate the Taj and failing . |
| 24 | With managed floating there is a risk that speculators will suffer capital losses since the monetary authority is no longer attempting to defend a rigid par value , and so the exchange rate can move in either direction in response to market pressures . |
| 25 | The traffic is very slowly starting to ease up now . |
| 26 | The retreat movement is only just beginning to establish itself north of the Border and I feel strongly that a quiet space can be of real benefit in today 's hectic and stressful lifestyle . ’ ‘ |
| 27 | With the best will in the world , the library is not always going to have the book on its shelves that the student is after ; and nor are members of staff always going to be available to answer students ' enquiries . |
| 28 | And , if I remember rightly , Father was not only going to continue that allowance but had bought a house for you , had n't he ? |
| 29 | By a quirk of human nature most right-handed pilots want to turn left ( it 's all in the mind ) , while your clockwise-rotating , forward-flying helicopter is still stubbornly trying to yaw to the right ( Fig. 5.11 ) . |
| 30 | Although I 'm persuaded , Thatcher 's government is probably not going to listen ; nor will most Britons . |