Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] be a [adv] " in BNC.

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1 So long as people continued to live in their old houses , surrounded by their old friends and neighbours , and had not broken with a routine of life which perhaps dated back generations , then the re-moulding of mentalities was going to be a frustratingly slow process , particularly for an engineer of human souls who was no longer young .
2 It was clearly going to be a little tougher than expected , but the visitors kept playing for hearts as well as minds .
3 Or is it going to be a measly five hundred , what ?
4 But it 's usually going to be a pretty well-rounded thing .
5 Jones , who has played 52 Tests , said : ‘ I do n't know where this leaves me with my career and it 's going to be a pretty hard blow to get over .
6 But I do n't re think they realize what they were doing when they started making that flower border round , it 's going to be a never ending job .
7 It is going to be a really great weekend with that super colt St Jovite among a host of top horses in action and you will also be able to sample the exotic Paris nightlife .
8 And I 'm going to be a really good teacher !
9 It 's going to be a really tortuous journey .
10 Thought there was going to be a much look , see where it could eventually to control industrial air pollution from local industries .
11 But th , the thing is that it looks as though it is going to be a fairly ongoing thing that 's going to it may be well on certainly er a beyond assembly when we have to come to a conclusion , and therefore we ought to know the picture er , of , within reform churches far more clearly in giving more time .
12 Difficult to know whether er Rupert Murdoch will want to sustain what is obviously going to be a fairly bruising battle for 3 years .
13 I mean ar are you going , are you going to be a real revolutionary and say look this , this revolution is so important that
14 We 'll be playing three-line hockey , with the third line led by Ivor Bennett , but I 'm realistic enough to know it is going to be a very difficult situation against three strong teams . ’
15 If it is as effective as the researchers say it is I am sure it is going to be a very big hit with cellulite sufferers world-wide .
16 This month 's is going to be a very practical lesson featuring a number of phrases and riffs from various musical situations that use 4th intervals .
17 For quite a lot of people the last day of October was going to be a very rough day indeed .
18 It 's going to be a very emotional day and the last thing you want is panda eyes !
19 Looks like it 's going to be a very full summer ahead !
20 IT 'S GOING TO BE A VERY INTERESTING RACE , AND IT LOOKS as if IMPROV FROM LOTUS — WHICH REALLY GRABS WINDOWS BY THE THROAT — IS GOING TO GET OFF TO A FLYING START .
21 But although I found it impossible not to be moved by the vibes and hype of enthusiastic publicity people and charming sales teams , there is no getting away from the fact that it is going to be a very tough year , with too many major titles to be able to do justice to them all ; and I do n't see any real evidence of anyone pruning their lists .
22 Negotiating costs and staying within your client 's budget is going to be a very important part of your job .
23 it was going to be a very successful night indeed .
24 This is going to be a very wonderful evening , thought Lydia , polishing off her sherry .
25 ‘ You keep wriggling — and , oh , Hilly , I 'm only human , and if you do n't lie still there 's going to be a very embarrassing incident . ’
26 This is going to be a very er difficult and expensive application for them but we have a successful coal industry the jobs associated with it we 've got to balance economic interests and environmental interests and I believe we can do so .
27 ‘ It 's going to be a very different life with a lot of new challenges .
28 It was going to be a very long car chase .
29 I know those offices in Northumberland Avenue — I have been involved in submitting evidence to two separate Royal Commissions there — and I do not believe this proposed tour of inspection is going to be a very joyous occasion .
30 He can see that Dr Serafin is going to be a very firm chairman .
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