Example sentences of "is not [v-ing] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even though Luke is not trying to answer the question , ‘ What happened ? ’ , he is at pains to set his account in a historical setting . |
| 2 | Consequently , in a negotiation the buyer is not trying to beat the seller or vice versa . |
| 3 | Strategy , in this everyday sense , is incompatible with the abolition of the subject , and it is therefore reasonable to suppose that Poulantzas is not proposing to explain the course of the class struggle in terms of the ingenuity exercised by classes and class members in realising their goals . |
| 4 | It pretends that the court is able to investigate those reasons in great depth , whereas in practice it is not able to do so , and in any event that investigation is not going to save the marriage . |
| 5 | That said , Walker is not going to ignore the new trends . |
| 6 | Very often the packaging is too heavily branded to be able to use a straight pack shot and a picture of a plate of soup or a bowl of cornflakes is not going to stun the readership ! |
| 7 | Briefing reporters at the control headquarters for the Zarb- e-Momin exercises near Sargodha , he said the army ‘ is not going to repeat the same history again ’ . |
| 8 | A child 's need to understand its situation is not going to destroy the new relationship : trying to live out the fantasy that this is exactly the same as a birth relationship may well do . |
| 9 | It is proof enough that Tom Jones is not going to take the easy path that most of his generation would choose . |
| 10 | Undoubtedly land-use practices influence flooding and erosion , but ignoring the impact of natural processes in the search for a human scapegoat is not going to pre-empt the potential land crisis of the Himalaya in the twenty-first century . |
| 11 | Freedom from Communism is not going to last the flag very long if it 's identified with a freedom to starve . |
| 12 | So when you think about when you 're preparing for your advocacy exercises , the actual content that you prepare , although important , is not going to have the maximum impact . |
| 13 | She is not going to make the same mistake Jimmy Carter 's First Lady Rosalyn did . |
| 14 | All agreeing to be wrong or at best ineffective is not going to make the voice of Europe louder in the councils of the world . |
| 15 | ‘ The bright child is not going to get the time or flexibility to study things that will develop his own personal , social or moral education . |
| 16 | ‘ We genuinely feel that an increase in the value of the try is not going to change the pattern of play . |
| 17 | This development in ski goggles from Solar is not going to change the world , but it 's interesting nonetheless . |