Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [prep] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While not pretending to be a comprehensive guide to all the aspects of central heating , this section should enable you to save considerable sums by installing your own central heating in all but the most complicated of cases . |
| 2 | It showed that it was not going to be a profitable venture over time . |
| 3 | If , however , you just want to produce single sheets with the image already in place that 's not going to be a practical solution . |
| 4 | Doctor Who , though , was not going to be a straight children 's serial , since its main aim in life was to capture the family audience between Grandstand and Juke Box Jury . |
| 5 | And fourth , this is not going to be a close scrutiny of the current wave of educational issues and innovations . |
| 6 | However , with the main continental European economies unlikely to grow any faster than the UK over the next year or so , exports are not going to be a powerful recovery force for the economy or corporate earnings through 1993 . |
| 7 | Hence one diamond doubled is definitely not going to be a good contract , and you must do something to improve the situation . |
| 8 | Well if you think that then you 're not going to be a good performer , because they are our chief intimate media . |
| 9 | Hoisting up a huge inflatable carrot , shop boss Neville Boyars revealed it was not going to be a laugh-a-minute experience . |
| 10 | He said it was not going to be a quiet post either , adding : ‘ Once I settle in there is going to be quite a lot of work to do . |
| 11 | I hoped the simplicity of our living accommodation was not going to be a horrible disappointment to him . |
| 12 | It was not going to be a merry Christmas at Philip Flower 's . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm not going to be a punching bag for any jerk . ’ |