Example sentences of "it was [adj] news " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was encouraging news , but the second session drew to a close with the vexed issues of religious freedom and the Jews , which were dealt with in the final two chapters of the document on ecumenism , still undecided — though Cardinal Bea insisted they would be discussed in due course . |
| 2 | It was terrible news . |
| 3 | I hate to say it , but Clause 28 was greeted with a high degree of elation and excitement mixed with horror , a feeling of yes it was terrible news but at least we have an obvious enemy figure , as last an easy target to mobilise against . |
| 4 | For the non-Conservative parties , too , it was melancholy news — blazoned every day in the tabloid approach of the Sun . |
| 5 | Chancellor Kohl agreed it was good news that the world trade talks were back on , though he stopped short of openly criticising France for undermining them . |
| 6 | To the large British contingent of Formula One teams , staff , drivers and reporters , it was good news to have a Briton like Mosley in power . |
| 7 | It was good news for Seb . |
| 8 | But shoppers differed on whether they thought it was good news . |
| 9 | Even in today 's nuclear age such a claim would be widely reported ; three decades ago it was front-page news throughout the Western world . |
| 10 | She got injured in her back somewhere , but er it was national news , I mean it was in The Mirror and all the papers and it became a , for a day or two it was er it was in everywhere , and the theory is that er it was this erm very very dry summer and a very very wet autumn and a bit of dry rot in the timbers somewhere , but it was it was another |
| 11 | I knew it was bad news . |
| 12 | Of course erm it 's perhaps , perhaps it 's looking slightly to the er historical future it it 's er it it was bad news in one sense because erm there came to be a view taken in Europe that wars between the great powers would be short , sharp wars . |
| 13 | Mrs Lee , who went to investigate , said : ‘ I said it was bad news for some poor soul . |
| 14 | IT WAS sweet news for the sweet of tooth when a respected dental research centre in America announced that eating chocolate can be good for your teeth . |
| 15 | It was shocking news for the owners of the car . |
| 16 | It was old news , but they had n't seen each other to talk of it . |
| 17 | It was big news THEN , and is STILL making headlines . |
| 18 | She had not even known that Westerns were a genre of their own ; it was exciting news to her . |
| 19 | It was wonderful news . |
| 20 | It was wonderful news . |