About "for there to be"

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I am told that "there being" follows a preposition except "for". After the preposition "for", we should use "for there to be". eg. "They planned for there to be a family party."

But what about the following two sentences:

1. I am sorry for there being some errors in my post.

2. As for the reason for there being no final diagnosis to the suspected case, Hall said it was very difficult diagnose SARS.

Welkins2139 · Accepted Answer

QingqingI am told that "there being" follows a preposition except "for". After the preposition "for", we should use "for there to be". eg. "They planned for there to be a family party."

But what about the following two sentences:

1. I am sorry for there being some errors in my post.

2. As for the reason for there being no final diagnosis to the suspected case, Hall said it was very difficult diagnose SARS.

In my opinion, none of the setences is correct. I never seen a setence with " for there being " or " for there to be "

Clive · Answer

Hi,

These two expressions sound normal to me. I say them , and Google gives -

for there being 144,000 hits

for there to be 2 million hits

Best wishes, Clive

Milky · Answer

Qingqing
I am told that "there being" follows a preposition except "for". After the preposition "for", we should use "for there to be". eg. "They planned for there to be a family party."

But what about the following two sentences:

1. I am sorry for there being some errors in my post.

2. As for the reason for there being no final diagnosis to the suspected case, Hall said it was very difficult diagnose SARS.

Number 2 is fine, but number 1 sounds strange to my native-speaker ears.

The British National Corpus (BNC) shows only 5 example in one million words for "for there being":

1	CP9	of their own sense of humour." The reason for there being no circuit in Belfast is simple: it's too small.
2	CT4	the number of bits used, alignment and requirement for there being no reserved bits in the mechanisms becomes important. This is processor-independent
3	FMN	the number of bits used, alignment and requirement for there being no reserved bits in the mechanisms becomes important. This is processor-independent
4	FUU	boundary, I have to look at the reasons for there being an inset at all for the village, as, as you correctly
5	FUU	we are all aware I, I feel sure for there being in the you've been, in that it is unlawful to leave

http://view.byu.edu/

106 examples in 1m words for "for there to be":

Examples:

1	A69	better. "We have too much competition within the side for there to be any complacency," Shelford said. This is the
2	A69	the war … I thought that it was still possible for there to be a political link between the United Kingdom and India.
3	A6A	. You only have to show that this act works for there to be takers everywhere. It can be applied to all kinds
4	A92	a good chance of success, it is quite usual for there to be a royalty split of 70:30 in favour of the writer. This
5	AC3	which are cleaned at the end of a day. For there to be a Europe-wide common standard of emissions, there must also
6	AHK	in skin and hair but the features were similar enough for there to be little difference between the two women in a picture.
7	ARH	since the last war. But it is a little unusual for there to be more than one left in at this stage. It is

Milky · Answer

Welkins2139
In my opinion, none of the setences is correct. I never seen a setence with " for there being " or " for there to be "

A little help if I may:

In my opinion, none of the sentences is correct. I have never seen a sentence with "for there being" or "for there to be".

Teo · Answer

MilkyIn my opinion, none of the sentences is correct. I never seen a sentence with "for there being" or "for there to be".

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Clive

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Milky

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