Example sentences of "not going to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly , it was not going to work . |
| 2 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 3 | No , you say , all in control , we are not going to sleep together . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not going to . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not going to , ’ said Lucy vehemently . |
| 6 | He was not single-minded in the manner preferred by academe ; scholarship per se was not going to be his métier . |
| 7 | Needless to say , this is not going to be the last word in the debate between the constructivists and the nativists . |
| 8 | They simply share the belief that it is not going to be possible to explain behaviour adequately if mental processes are identified with the contents of conscious awareness . |
| 9 | In other words , when it comes to an attempt to understand how someone is likely to respond to a stimulus , a description of the stimulus in terms of its simple physical dimensions is not going to be of any value . |
| 10 | Most vets work on the assumption that if , after the third session , no improvement is noticed , acupuncture is not going to be effective . |
| 11 | It does n't mean they get an easier ride , but it does mean I 'm not going to be utterly unreasonable in the demands I make . ’ |
| 12 | Whatever future peace Lebanon can obtain , it is not going to be under the power-sharing system that existed before the start of the civil war . |
| 13 | Ewan Murray , the Games council 's chairman , said cost was not a factor in selecting the team , but only 15 athletes achieved the stringent qualifying standards set down by the Scottish Amateur Athletic Associaton — and one , Allister Hutton , is not going to Auckland because he wished to run in the 10,000 metres instead of the marathon , for which he had qualified . |
| 14 | The planning system is designed to provide the reliable , long-term rules by which citizens know their surroundings , and house values , are not going to be altered by sudden development . |
| 15 | And this would vindicate those who believe that the market 's ills are not going to be solved by tinkering with new issue processes , but rather by a drastic cutback in the overheads — ie , sacking people — being carried by the industry . |
| 16 | The raiding of Wimbledon , Lendl explained , was not going to be a suicide mission : ‘ Against some players you feel more confident moving to the net than against others . |
| 17 | Solutions to the Ferranti crisis are not going to be easy to find despite the way in which the company has been inundated with offers of help . |
| 18 | The perks are specifically designed to encourage people to invest in their local water authority despite the fact that it is patently obvious that some are not going to be as attractive as others . |
| 19 | The firm message from Whitehall last night was that Mrs Thatcher was not going to the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kuala Lumpur next week to propose a reduction in sanctions , although she would not agree to an increase in the measures already in place . |
| 20 | Unbridled market competition is plainly not going to be the prevalent 1990s tone : but the Conservative Party only this week began its reversion to a faith in conservative stewardship , as opposed to laissez faire liberalism . |
| 21 | I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position . |
| 22 | He knew that he was not going to be happy if he were deprived of the chance to study . |
| 23 | ’ Well' , said Macmillan , ‘ he is not going to be my headmaster . ’ |
| 24 | After two days Sheila announced truculently , ‘ I 'm not going to the university . |
| 25 | However , in this case , the crowd was angry that extra time was not going to be played and vented their fury on the pitch and the police rather than on one another . |
| 26 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 27 | Therefore make sure that you are not going to bed too early , particularly if you have taken a nap after lunch . |
| 28 | You 're not going to work are you ? ’ |
| 29 | HE : I 'm not going to be hustled over my lunch . |
| 30 | If so , it would only have increased his feeling of vulnerability and awkwardness for , until he had come to recognize that he was not going to be the greatest poet of the age after Yeats , Lewis was always hostile to poets . |