Example sentences of "is not [v-ing] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to an industrial lobby , the Union of Producers and Consumers , the new currency is not reducing inflation and is not proving to be convertible . |
| 2 | ‘ One day ’ ; ‘ eventually ’ ; Salman Rushdie is not expecting to be released from his invisible chains tomorrow . |
| 3 | If B replies no he is inviting A to tell him , while a response of no could be taken to mean that he does not know and is not expecting to be told . |
| 4 | He is not trying to be humble , he is genuinely perplexed by the chemistry that exists between himself and other people . |
| 5 | I have found it useful , when a child is being a thorough nuisance , making exasperating demands , to say to myself : ‘ He/she is not trying to be a ‘ problem ’ ; he/she is trying to solve a problem . |
| 6 | He is an enigma who is not trying to be one . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 12 | ’ Well' , said Macmillan , ‘ he is not going to be my headmaster . ’ |
| 13 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 14 | Brownie points for guts , if true ; but public confidence is not going to be restored in the integrity of official information unless it is seen to be properly independent of the government machine that is now exerting its improper pressures behind closed doors . |
| 15 | Unionists may not be ready to judge the republic on its merits for years yet , and the hatred bred by three centuries of religious animosity is not going to be bartered away by any group of politicians . |
| 16 | Clearly then the Labour Party 's goal of Irish unity by consent is not going to be achieved overnight . |
| 17 | It may be scholarly to give many references to work done in the 18th century and to plumb the depths of graph theory , but the result is not going to be of very much help to a working chemist . |
| 18 | Now I 've gone lazy but I still have enough gumption to realise the breakthrough is not going to be intellectual but spiritual . |
| 19 | The ability to win over an informant who is undecided whether or not to grant the interview is important , as is the ability to put people at their ease and reassure them that the interview is not going to be some sort of viva voce examination . |
| 20 | It is possible to have a system in which ‘ workload related budgets concerning financial and manpower allocations , etc but it is not going to be ‘ unsophisticated ’ . |
| 21 | That clearly is not going to be acceptable to those authorities . |
| 22 | He also believes that a Martian might be able to understand symbols ( and so apparently assumes that the Martian is not going to be at all like any future ( IBM computer ) . |
| 23 | The power of scientists and their masters may sometimes be sinister , but it is not going to be effectively redistributed through an ill considered and superficial programme like the one outlined in Partial Progress . |
| 24 | If food is not going to be eaten as soon as it 's cooked , either keep it hot ( above 63°C ) or cool it quickly . |
| 25 | A woman who feels ignored all evening because her husband is preoccupied with his own thoughts or interests is not going to be interested in love-making when she goes to bed . |
| 26 | If your support piling is not going to be visible when installed , why not consider materials other than wood . |
| 27 | With nerves jangling , palms sweating and nails bitten to the bone , the same unthinkable notion was in the minds of millions — surely the US PGA Championship is not going to be won by someone called … |
| 28 | We wo n't be printing names ; this is not going to be a dealer persecution service , nor even a personal arbitration service such as Which ? magazine 's ‘ Personal Service ’ , because we simply can not become involved on that level . |
| 29 | Getting the best from all three sounds is not going to be easy or cheap . |
| 30 | Clearly all this is not going to be much fun , but my aim is egoism and not hedonism . |