Example sentences of "[noun] 's [prep] be [adj] " in BNC.

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1 We would expect Mrs Reynolds 's to be present .
2 This session 's about being pro-active rather than reactive .
3 ‘ I would n't have expected any relation of Caro 's to be such an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy .
4 If the thing 's to be more than a game there 'll have to be some risks .
5 Eric Cantona 's to be precise .
6 Amory , a likeable and popular man , had been one of the few Conservative MP 's to be active in the campaign to end capital punishment in the late 1940s .
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