Example sentences of "[noun] 's be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This even brought a ghostly chuckle ; Dr Neil 's being the Master again was enough to bring McAllister back , she thought , if only to provoke him to further jokes . |
| 2 | Nigel Short , who is taking a break in Greece , has already expressed his support for the contest 's being held in Manchester . |
| 3 | If we see a plane in the air we can be sure that it was not assembled by randomly throwing scrap metal together , because we know that the odds against a random conglomeration 's being able to fly are too great . |
| 4 | So I said to the bloke in the shop have you got some shoes he can put , so they had to do it with his trainers on , but he 's made them extra long cos he 's trainer 's is that much bulkier , so er , I said to , he ca n't do it . |
| 5 | The blood 's being tested , but I 'm not expecting to hear that it 's of animal origin . ’ |
| 6 | We have announced the availability , for Russia and the other republics , of £280 million worth of ECGD support this year , but that is dependent on an IMF programme 's being in place . |
| 7 | Closure 's being brought forward from next March to this July . |
| 8 | Thus it is clear that ( a ) affirms the footballer ; ( b ) also affirms the footballer because the speaker has made it clear that it is a personal reaction of liking or disliking which has nothing to do with appreciation of football 's being a good game ; ( c ) is affirming also because although criticism of the game is stated , its positive value comes first , and in any case the keen footballer is likely to be the first to agree that the level of enjoyment varies according to different games of football ; ( d ) however veers towards dismissal of football and therefore dismissal of what is meaningful to the footballer , because although it acknowledges that sometimes it is a good game the emphasis is on the negative side ; ( e ) is not affirming because even though the hurt to the footballer is cushioned by making it clear that this is a personal opinion , a very negative judgement is in fact articulated ; ( f ) has the straight effect of dismissing the footballer as well as football because it implies that anyone who spends time on football is stupid . |
| 9 | That the windscreen wipers started to work can properly be said to have been caused by a set of things including the state of the wipers ' mountings and the smooth surface of the windscreen as well as the switch 's being flipped . |
| 10 | In specifying a circumstance for the working of the wipers , we may include the switch 's being flipped , but if we do , we can not also include the muscle movements which gave rise to the switch 's being flipped . |
| 11 | In specifying a circumstance for the working of the wipers , we may include the switch 's being flipped , but if we do , we can not also include the muscle movements which gave rise to the switch 's being flipped . |
| 12 | Andy 's being really horrible to you , he , he poured the coff specially for washing up |
| 13 | In any field of employment a successful application depends to some degree on the applicant 's being seen to say and do what is expected during the selection process , and to this extent conventional selection methods can always be faulted for the way they may presume that words uttered on a form or in an interview are reliable indicators of future performance . |
| 14 | There was no sound of a light 's being switched on in the sitting room , but we might not have been able to hear it . |
| 15 | I for one have formal qualifications in electronics and know when the wool 's being pulled , but others do n't and that 's your job . |
| 16 | He hinted at the unlikelihood of Jack Pertwee 's being married that day and was inwardly amused to observe that this piece of information — the fact that Carter would be deprived of his cold chicken and champagne — distressed him more than Hatton 's death . |
| 17 | Mr MacGregor 's avoided one collision with his back benchers , but when they realize the bills cost and consider how B R 's been dealt with the question is , will they think again ? |
| 18 | The joy was great , both upon the occasion of the day , and the work 's being completed , which is really a wonderful undertaking . |
| 19 | From the market 's point of view , this is no less significant than the stake 's being in one pair of hands . |
| 20 | It 's his department 's job to make sure the law 's being applied when it comes to fireworks . |
| 21 | Well their forty nine cc 's are not meant to do more than thirty |
| 22 | The analysis is to hold whether or not the striking similarity between the dances of the two species is the result of their common descent from a dancing ancestral species , or the result of this sort of dance 's being an optimal solution to the ‘ evolutionary problem ’ of efficient communal food use . |
| 23 | He thought that preferable to the child 's being in an institution or with foster parents . |
| 24 | The reply by the minister was a direct echo of Mary Carpenter : ‘ The principle behind this provision in the bill is that parents should be required — if their means so permit — to pay for their child 's board and lodging , so that they are in no way better off as a result of the child 's being in care . ’ |
| 25 | A major factor that contributed to Tip 's being top man with the bag was the philosophy and teachings of his father , Tip Senior . |
| 26 | Now the chancellor 's being very nasty this year , he 's not increased that limit at all . |
| 27 | A YOUNG BANNOCKBURN GIRL 'S BEEN / SCARRED FOR LIFE AFTER SLIDING / ONTO ACID ON A PLAYPARK CHUTE |
| 28 | Of course I wo n't go climbing hills , ’ Beth assured her with a light peck on the cheek to show that she was not annoyed at the girl 's being so forward . |
| 29 | Now a campaign 's being launched to fund research into the hedgehogs ' plight . |
| 30 | Often there is no intention to frustrate the child ; the rejections — such as not listening to or fobbing off the child — may be the consequences of the parent 's being too busy with chores or being tired and irritable after a day 's work , and so forth . |