Example sentences of "[is] [adj] news " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It 's joyous news , ’ said his delighted mother Joan last night . |
2 | And that 's fabulous news if you need to borrow cash . |
3 | Well clearly it 's devastating news ; er unfortunately I think we have to say that we 're not tremendously surprised . |
4 | This is awful news . |
5 | A Buckingham Palace spokesman said last night : ‘ This is complete news to us . ’ |
6 | ‘ That 's smashing news . ’ |
7 | This is grievous news , grievous not only for this and other universities but for the nation ; for it is a grave national misfortune to be governed by those who do not know what a university is and what distinguishes it from other institutions of learning and study , not to mention training . |
8 | This morning it went to number one this is tremendous news and from it we 're going to have A Hundred Children . |
9 | She pulled herself together and said , sounding brisker than she realized , ‘ Anyway , it 's splendid news . |
10 | And that 's Central News South tonight . |
11 | ‘ It is real news too ’ he says . |
12 | It 's tremendous news for local growers . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | ‘ That 's welcome news , of course , but I doubt that it will remove all the very real concerns that abound in the community . |
15 | That 's welcome news for the President of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine . |
16 | With our own economy still struggling along , anything that can boost overseas ventures for UK groups is welcome news . |
17 | Norman Lamont 's pre-Christmas announcement of a moratorium on Stamp Duty levied on the purchase of property is welcome news for homebuyers . |
18 | Certainly it is welcome news to report that oral examination entry levels rose by 33 per cent with FLIC overtaking its sister examination , Spoken English for Industry and Commerce ( SEFIC ) , for the first time in six years . |
19 | That is welcome news . |
20 | Does my hon. Friend accept that the continuing Government pressure to bring about the improvements is welcome news ? |
21 | The big drop over the past five years since the 1987 election is welcome news . |
22 | That is welcome news , and I look forward to further endorsements from the Opposition . |
23 | This is welcome news for the employees and management of that company . |
24 | THE £94m which will be spent by the Government on new housing in the North-East over the next year is welcome news . |
25 | It 's obvious News is dead and NewsPrint is going the same way , though how long it takes remains to be seen . |
26 | ‘ But this is urgent news material , ’ the guy would say . |
27 | In an interview on Channel 4 's Hard News programme , to be shown tonight , Viscountess Althorp said of her experiences of tabloid journalists : ‘ I think they 're really totally insensitive , evil people . ’ |
28 | He told Channel 4 's Hard News programme that the popular press was ‘ drinking in last-chance saloon ’ . |
29 | ‘ They were close brothers and it 's terrible news to hear for any family . ’ |
30 | Advances in the field of cosmetics mean that today superfluous ingredients and allergens can be identified , then substituted or removed , which is great news indeed for anyone with a sensitive skin . |