Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] 's be " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the real point seems to be that the risk of an uninformed auditor 's being misled after a change imposes a greater cost than the benefit ( unquantified and intangible ) that a compulsory change would provide . |
| 2 | Either that Sardinian 's being there was coincidence or it was n't — and , for goodness ' sake , if it was n't — |
| 3 | The C t 's are an increasing positive sequence converging to so in early periods players of all types imitate z = 0 by setting low values for , thus building a reputation . |
| 4 | Special low-current l.e.d. 's are available from several suppliers and it is worthwhile using them . |
| 5 | Good job this meeting 's being recorded , Mr Chairman . |
| 6 | The implementation of the information technology strategy must avoid this relationship 's being reversed : the coding scheme must not form the test of clinical systems . |
| 7 | ‘ And what 's all this codswallop you 've been feeding us about Old Red 's being foul to nurses ? |
| 8 | Nowadays , that sort of conduct could lead to a social worker 's being asked to take an interest in the child . |
| 9 | Do you know this conversation 's being taped ? |
| 10 | Is it correct to claim , as Marsh does , that aggression is ‘ the inflicting of physical hurt ’ with its associated aim of ‘ subduing or achieving dominance over a rival ’ ( 1978 : 33 ) or should one follow Eibl-Eibesfeldt 's broader definition and classify behaviour as aggressive ‘ if it leads to another party 's being hurt ; this includes not just physical hurt ( injury or destruction ) but any kind of hurt , including annoyance , taunts or insults ’ ( 1978 : 29 ) ? |
| 11 | But now his gaily-coloured runabout 's being given the runaround by the Guiness Book of Records . |
| 12 | But now his gaily-coloured runabout 's being given the runaround by the Guiness Book of Records . |
| 13 | I do n't think you quite realise how much money 's being bet on plainsong . |
| 14 | We 're having a k our entire meeting 's being taped for er for an interest of science in the interests of science for posterity for a survey on English language |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A little rogue ooh getting told off little baby 's being told off yeah . |
| 17 | Well their forty nine cc 's are not meant to do more than thirty |
| 18 | A first thing 's being required for a second is consistent with the possibility of the first thing 's happening and the second not happening . |
| 19 | ( Similar allegations in 1971 led to one MP 's being suspended from the House . ) |
| 20 | Between the double-six dice throw , and the perfect deal at bridge , is a range of more or less improbable events that do sometimes happen , including any one individual 's being struck by lightning , winning a big prize on the football pools , scoring a hole-in-one at golf , and so on . |
| 21 | Er , a particular concern at the time of writing the report was the position concerning the long outstanding proposals to develop to redevelop the two sites in Harlow erm to date we have no information from the county , er , there was scheduled to be erm , the meeting due to take place on the twenty second of September but the county er cancelled that meeting so it 's impossible at this stage to give any further comment on that erm although I believe that matter 's being taken up . |
| 22 | Every six months or so he turns up to see how his precious money 's being spent . |
| 23 | There was talk of the whole station 's being moved into purpose-built accommodation some time in the future , but so far nothing definite had been arranged , so they were forced to put up with the cramped conditions and lack of amenities , like parking . |
| 24 | Even if the whole lot 's being processed like , perhaps it should n't be , and then of course your standards are n't good enough . |