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

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1 Yes , it 's fantastic news that somebody else is interested in the Mappa Mundi and the problems of Hereford 's Cathedral .
2 It 's great news that they 're part of a new Small World holiday boutique — a clutch of companies backed by Owners Abroad with enthusiastic owner-managers still very much at the helm .
3 They say it 's great news and the town needs jobs .
4 Delighted UK flexibles chief executive Neal Crowe said : ‘ It 's great news and a vindication of many years of hard work by all employees throughout the company . ’
5 It 's good news but not great news yet ’ .
6 To me it 's good news that , in spite of fragile health , he 's landing at Heathrow today to give four lectures around England this month .
7 It 's good news that the Maestro and Montego are selling well .
8 It 's good news if we do it on a fixed fee and say , we have had to enhance some of our rates
9 I 'm afraid once again it 's good news and bad news .
10 Supporter Geoff Barber says it 's good news and a relief to be racing
11 I said it , I said it 's good news and she rushed off , he comes out tomorrow if er I said , I said I shouted as your friend ran off , I shouted tell her it 's good news !
12 We still fall well short of that , I mean er it 's bad news that anyone is addicted to drugs but what is important is that we should actually know who is and so we can help them .
13 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 .
14 If this is NOT TRUE then it 's excellent news as he was probably the best signing Wilko 's made ( possibly excluding Strachan ) .
15 It is good news that the introduction of GCSE has endorsed this kind of methodology and response .
16 So it is good news that Sir Bryan Carsberg , new Director General of Fair Trading , is questioning both these practices .
17 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 ?
18 It is good news that the increase in unemployment in this country last month was the lowest for almost a year .
19 Nevertheless , it is good news because the deep involvement of many clients in the building procurement process means that they are seldom entirely blameless when things go wrong .
20 They say it is good news and they will shop where its cheaper .
21 It is splendid news that Mr Smith is able to renounce socialism and even better that Gordon Brown and Tony Blair and even wee Nigel Griffiths are going to pursue the ugly connections between Tory plutocrats and regulations that block the free market .
22 It is excellent news that there could be this move towards a captive-bred substitute .
23 She took it into the sitting-room where the dictionaries were kept and did her best to translate : It is excellent news that the whole business has been done successfully .
24 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 .
25 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 .
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