Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [adv] [v-ing] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mellowed by two bottles of beer , he was convinced that Hank was telling the truth ; his mind was already going to work considering how to double that forty thousand . |
| 2 | He said the dead woman 's car was not indicating to turn right but Miss Gynn said she was certain Tracey was . |
| 3 | The wind was now gusting to Force 11 and visibility still poor . |
| 4 | But there are differences , the WTA is not going to work on ‘ de luxe ’ lines . |
| 5 | Keith Simmons , Alborne 's lethal striker , put them ahead with a goal from the centre spot right on kick-off , and it was immediately obvious that our radical 0-2-7 formation was not going to work . |
| 6 | There and then Robbie vowed that his little plan was n't going to work . |
| 7 | He ended on a more respectful note : ‘ adverse opinion is not going to elbow out this assured , intelligent , unlyrical artist . |
| 8 | The level of undiscovered malpractice is a matter for conjecture although such evidence is continually coming to light , as illustrated in the manner in which leading drug/pesticide/herbicide companies callously exploit the Third World . |
| 9 | ‘ And unless you 're going to allow it to be your husband — to let him be boss , in fact — your relationship is never going to work . |
| 10 | Thornton Swish is now offering to double-glaze the seven windows and french doors at the house in Chester-le-Street , County Durham , for £3,900 . |
| 11 | The first sign that the jump was not going to plan came when the parachutists seemed to have trouble forming up . |
| 12 | The exchange rate policy was highly damaging to manufacturing . |
| 13 | One word of warning : do n't assume that your surprise attack is always going to work , otherwise you might get a nasty surprise yourself . |
| 14 | The Government is ostensibly looking to Parliament to confer not just statutory enactment of what it negotiated at Maastricht , but moral and political assent . |
| 15 | Even if you listen out carefully before you transmit , you have no guarantee that another pilot is not going to press his or her PTT at exactly the same moment as you do , with the probable result that both messages are drowned out and the Air Traffic Controller 's ears are assaulted by a high-pitched screech . |
| 16 | Daley 's damaged knee is not responding to treatment and he faces surgery . |
| 17 | ‘ My knee is never going to work the way it should , Seb , but the muscles of my leg are working much better , have you noticed ? |
| 18 | Maybe because the teddy boy fashion was just beginning to edge back in ; it was around the time of Roxy Music 's Spaceman Ted look . |
| 19 | Whelan showed considerable grace and skill up front but the strategy of putting high balls into the West Ham box was never going to work with their defensive blanket , and a highly competent goalie . |
| 20 | At first the case failed because there was no category of clergy malpractice , but a Judge was found who soon put that right and the case is now proceeding to trial . |
| 21 | Meanwhile , the company is reportedly preparing to demo some previously unseen systems management functionality in NT this week at a conference in Boston including software distribution , performance monitoring and inventory control . |
| 22 | It is worth remembering the apparently obvious at this point — electronic publishing is not going to work unless your information is in an electronic form ! |
| 23 | The broad thoroughfare was now corning to life . |
| 24 | But by asserting the ability of language to create true fictions , this celebration of the power of language is also helping to de-centre language 's supposed referential relation with the world of epistemological things . |