Example sentences of "not [v-ing] to be [adj] " 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 | While Liz was nibbling pistachio nuts , surveying dominions , Shirley , hot , red and angry ( but not appearing to be angry ) was listening yet once more to her mother-in-law 's description of her digestive system and what the doctor had said about the swelling of her legs , a commentary which followed closely upon her complaints about the absence of her two older grandchildren who had ( in Shirley 's view very wisely ) buggered off to a disco at Maid Marian 's Nitespot . |
| 3 | Is there something wrong with me , not wanting to be married ? |
| 4 | As for Margaret — well — ’ She paused , not wanting to be disloyal , then continued as Rune gave her a quick nod of encouragement . |
| 5 | He turned on his heel , and she stumbled after him , not wanting to be alone in the eerie garden where even the birds had been subdued by the fog . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't do it ! ’ she had to tell her , and , when her sister 's look suddenly became hostile , ‘ I 'm sure if you wrote to Mr Gajdusek , or phoned him — or I could do it for you , ’ she volunteered hastily , not wanting to be bad friends with her , now of all times . |
| 7 | ‘ We felt that if she was going to turn on those sort of tactics we were not going to be gentlemanly about it , and that she should just get on and do the job . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm not going to be sure wheth whether an acid and a carbonate |
| 9 | At the moment profits are not going to be vast in the shops , but we believe this is a huge market . ’ |
| 10 | Vitor might be her weak spot , but she was not going to be weak . |
| 11 | I only hoped , as the sun sank lower and the breeze grew cool , that I was not going to be obliged to use it . |
| 12 | Erm but we wo n't , well we 're not going to be descriptive , we 're not going to ask say that you must wear suits or you must whatever . |
| 13 | Most vets work on the assumption that if , after the third session , no improvement is noticed , acupuncture is not going to be effective . |
| 14 | It was not going to be long , I reflected , before I made my contribution to discussions in 24 Stranraer Gardens via a Ouija board . |
| 15 | If your support piling is not going to be visible when installed , why not consider materials other than wood . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I was not only able to review social security , I had the opportunity as a politician of implementing the changes — always provided I could get the support of my colleagues , of course , and that was not going to be easy . |
| 18 | But it was not going to be easy ; some few years after Malmesbury 's comments another accredited diplomat noted à propos of an evening at the Tuileries : |
| 19 | Getting the best from all three sounds is not going to be easy or cheap . |
| 20 | Trying to knock Tuffers off his England perch in India is not going to be easy . |
| 21 | ‘ Next year is not going to be easy financially , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Breaking the traditional mould of teacher training is not going to be easy . |
| 23 | It is not going to be easy . |
| 24 | Commissioner for Agriculture it became clear to him that the task ahead was not going to be easy . |
| 25 | It was not going to be easy to get any other candidate , and it was at the same time impossible to let the seat go by default . |
| 26 | Alice could see that it was not going to be easy for any of them to admit obligation to Jasper , even though he was being correctly impersonal , sitting somewhat to one side of the scene waiting for their approval , the image of a responsible cadre . |
| 27 | The point of our discussion of them so far is that the attempt to rebut scepticism by constructing an anti-realist alternative to the realism espoused by the sceptic is not going to be easy , even if it is possible . |
| 28 | It 's not going to be easy to convince him . ’ |
| 29 | Therese said , ‘ Life is not going to be easy for them , an artist 's sons . |
| 30 | Since Isabella speaks no German , letting rip this torrent is not going to be easy for her . |