There()nowheretohide,thethiefwascaughtbythestudents.为什么用being而不用is,二者有什么区别呢

Question

There ( )nowhere to hide ,the thief was caught by the students.
为什么用being 而不用is ,二者有什么区别呢

Answer 1

后面这句话有完整的主谓宾,可判断出前面句子是从句,如果用is就不是从句,反而变成一个完整的句子了,因此应该用“being"
如果要用is,这句话应该这样说：
As there is nowhere to hide,the thief...