（1）There being no further business, I declare the meeting closed.
(2) What's the chance of there being an election this year?
我对于 there is(are)是很熟悉的。但对于 there being 却很陌生。请分析。
there being 是 there be 的非谓语形式(非限定形式),其中的 being 可能是现在分词(如句[1]),也可能是动名词(如句[2]),依其在句中的句法地位而定。在前一情况下,there being 主要用作原因状语或条件状语;在后一情况下,主要用作主语,宾语或介词宾语。请看下面的实例:
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There being no further business, I declare the meeting closed. (LEG) (原因状语) 由于没有其它事情,我宣布散会。
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A body can move uniformly and in a straight line, there being no cause to change that motion. (条件状语) 如果没有改变物体运动的原因,那么物体将作匀速直线运动。
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There being a bus stop so near the house is a great advantage. (做主语) 公共汽车站离家这么近, 是一个很有利的条件。
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Is there any chance of there being a vacancy in this hotel tomorrow? (LEG)(做介词宾语)这家旅馆明天有空房间吗?
请做下面的英语试题：
- Ann never dreams of ____ for her to be sent abroad very soon. A. there being a chance B. there to be a chance
C. there be a chance D. being a chance(全国四级,98.6-43)
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____ no cause for alarm, the old man went back to his bedroom. A. There was B. Since C. Being D. There being(全国英语专业四级,96-51)
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There ____ nothing more for discussion, the meeting came to an end half an hour earlier. A. to be B. to have been C. being D. be(全国英语专业四级,00-45) (参见 there to be)