Example sentences of "it [modal v] [be] [adj] news " in BNC.

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1 While it may be bad news for the top two auctioneers it seems to many that Phillips and Bonhams will both benefit , for they appear much more prepared to accept lower value items for their sales .
2 To the psychologist searching for the determinants of personality this sort of outcome is disappointing ; to the parent , on the other hand , it should be good news .
3 It is easy to suppose that it must be good news for a theory when experience confirms it .
4 Pointing out that the changes are expected to raise £300 million for Government coffers in 1994 , Jonathan Peat , chief economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland , said : ‘ This must mean extra revenue is expected to be gained from North Sea development — and to that extent it must be bad news for the North Sea . ’
5 After all , it might be good news .
6 If Wilko wins the manager of the month for December then I will be truly impressed , otherwise it could be bad news : - ( .
7 Specifically it would be good news for women , otters , German forests ,
8 Least , I hope it 's good news , from what you said last night , I think it would be good news .
9 When TI announced its hostile bid , the company claimed it would be good news for Dowty shareholders .
10 Because it would be bad news for the country if we are witnessing another fight between the private sector and the state and I hope that we 're not going to see in the whole rules and regulation industry , versus er the public a sort of repeat of the Moriarty , Sherlock Holmes final fight er with never knowing who in fact er wins as the battle of o of continues .
11 EVEN if the sun sets on the ailing TV show Eldorado , it will be good news for star Buki Armstrong , the beauty who plays Gerry in the sangria soap opera .
12 And organisers of the project are convinced it will be good news for people living in the Borough Road area of the town who have put up with industrial eyesores for years .
13 And organisers of the project are convinced it will be good news for people living in the Borough Road area of the town who have put up with industrial eyesores for years .
14 If he succeeds , it will be good news for recession-ravaged Britain and its high unemployment trouble-spots such as Merseyside .
15 For my constituents in Ely and the surrounding area , it will be excellent news that , after 52 years as part of the RAF , the hospital has a future as part of the NHS .
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