Example sentences of "[be] [adj] news [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE STRIKE at Britain 's waterworks has been good news for a sheltered workshop in Watford . |
| 2 | The warm spell has also been good news for workers at the factory after a difficult year when 67 people were made redundant when their parent company , Clarke Foods , collapsed last year . |
| 3 | Key pensions victory for lucky 13 million New proposals are good news for employees , but a disappointment for directors . |
| 4 | The sub-zero temperatures which have accompanied the latest heavy storms are good news for skiers planning late Easter holidays . |
| 5 | But not all plasmids are good news for plants . |
| 6 | James 's improved scores are good news for all Britain 's surrogate Santas who were persuaded to buy computer games for their children . |
| 7 | Here , high interest rates and lowish inflation are good news for all those depositors my editor took for granted . |
| 8 | The success of the appeal would therefore have been alarming news for any officer who had tampered with the original notes of interview in any other case . |
| 9 | If we win against both Spain and Japan that could give us a shot against South Africa in the quarter-finals , which would be tremendous news for Scottish rugby back home ’ , said Rutherford . |
| 10 | That will doubtless be satisfactory news in Canada , and probably in the United Kingdom , where we know , from incontrovertible evidence , that that is the precise name of the tobacco industry 's game . |
| 11 | The overall popularity of foxes — traditionally regarded as vermin — will be unwelcome news to the hunting fraternity , while the surprising success of amphibians and invertebrates should offer some encouragement to UK conservationists . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , differences there are , at no extra price — which should be welcome news for anyone who ran one of the old Panda models . |
| 13 | The Halifax figures , however , will be welcome news to more than a million homeowners . |
| 14 | This may not be hard news in the sense that it would be of interest to the news desk of the daily newspapers , but it must have something to interest a specific readership . |
| 15 | With farm exports accounting for 70% of New Zealand 's exports , that would be good news for the entire economy . |
| 16 | This will not be good news for those banks left with the bad debts . |
| 17 | Optimistic investors hope that America 's economic growth is picking up , which would be good news for company profits . |
| 18 | BOUTS of nausea and vomiting that accompany the first months of pregnancy may be good news for the mother , according to two new theories on the cause of morning sickness . |
| 19 | The risk of losing what little bust they might have is enough to discourage many an overweight lady from commencing to diet , so this diet must therefore be good news for them . |
| 20 | In some areas numbers have , in fact , returned to pest proportions — which has to be good news for the sportsman . |
| 21 | ‘ This must be good news for the Labour Party … |
| 22 | There may also be good news for those who ca n't afford the average £70 cross-Channel fare for a car and five adults . |
| 23 | But while rightsizing may be good news for end-users , it is bad news for many of the established giants of the IT industry . |
| 24 | FALLING interest rates may be good news for home buyers but they do n't do savers any favours . |
| 25 | And that has to be good news for backpackers keen to shave pounds off the weight in their rucksacks . |
| 26 | The departure of sweatshops to China , Vietnam or Indonesia will be good news for Thailand only if better jobs replace them . |
| 27 | It is easy to suppose that it must be good news for a theory when experience confirms it . |
| 28 | Bad news for IBM could be good news for ordinary users as it should become more attentive to their needs . |
| 29 | It could be the figure will turn out to be the low point of the trend , although if the pound continues to strengthen , that 'll be good news for the government 's control over inflation . |
| 30 | Thus results from passive avoidance and imprinting might begin to converge , which should be good news for both labs . |