Example sentences of "[subord] 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 | But if it is bad news for borrowers , investors have never had it so good . |
| 3 | ‘ What should I do — if it 's bad news ? ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |