Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] [adj] news " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simon Coombs MP for Swindon says although it 's disappointing news , he 's confident other companies will want to get involved in the development . |
| 2 | They say that it 's good news … there 's going to be some celebrating tonight ! |
| 3 | Only the closed minded can pretend that it 's bad news that more people can afford to travel , that was once the province of the few , is now open to the majority . |
| 4 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is good news that , even in the teeth of an international recession , the Government have achieved reductions in interest rates , which means that the family man with an average , typical mortgage of £30,000 pays £100 a month less ? |
| 5 | ‘ They were close brothers and it 's terrible news to hear for any family . ’ |
| 6 | It is good news for jobs and it is good news for the town . |
| 7 | But if it is bad news for borrowers , investors have never had it so good . |
| 8 | ‘ What should I do — if it 's bad news ? ’ |
| 9 | But it is good news for the insurance fraternity : the US government , which owns the satellite , did not bother to take out insurance on it . |
| 10 | But it was , but it 's good news for Oxfordshire is n't it — Nigel back to Williams . |
| 11 | That will spare Italy 's World Cup blushes — but it 's bad news for Scotland , their next opponents , who will now have to face him at Ibrox on November 18 . |
| 12 | Well that 's right , yes , and the other thing as well , I should n't really be telling you this , , because it 's bad news for us but , if you in fact write a long , rambling press release , what you will find is that the journalist will almost , almost certainly go three-quarters of the way down it to find the real story which is hidden in there , and occasionally that real story is purposely hidden down in there , and you know you look at any council minutes , and the real story is always , inevitably hidden down there , because it 's the bit that somebody does n't want people to know about , and so journalists are naturally trained to go down the bit to find out what 's it about . |
| 13 | Even though it 's bad news overall that the total number of incidents have increased again , there is good new in that there seems to be this increase in awareness and realization and commitment on the part of The Farming Union , the farmers and the water authorities to take the problem seriously and tackle it . |
| 14 | Mr Allan , who likened his wife 's campaign to that of the father of murdered British woman Julie Ward in Kenya , said : ‘ It 's most important we have something positive even though it is bad news . ’ |