Example sentences of "comes [adv] to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1	Essentially it comes down to the age-old question which has tormented the rich as much as the fate of their souls : how do you have your cake and eat it ?
2	Again , it all comes down to the vocal thing .
3	Cruelty in general comes easily to the childish nature , since the obstacle that brings the instinct for mastery to a halt at another person 's pain — namely a capacity for pity — is developed relatively late .
4	erm What happens if erm your boss is n't on the phone and their boss has transferred all their calls to the other phone , the other phone rings as well as the secretaries ring , so you pick it up on your phone , which is R star star 3 , and then you want to get it through to the boss , but when you ring the number it comes through to the other phone .
5	Consequently , in the transition epoch , the case of the imaginary form inevitably comes close to the typical case .
6	Pete finds this hilarious ; he has been dying to get his own back for various things for ages and this comes close to the perfect opportunity .
7	But in relative terms there can be no doubt that British broadcasting comes close to the Public Service Ideal while the British press comes nowhere near it .
8	I ought in all fairness to acknowledge that no American fault comes up to the revolting habit … of dropping or wrongly inserting the letter h .
9	Comes carefully to the sunk lungs .
10	So all church members are being asked to think about the issue and make up their minds before it comes back to the General Synod for the final vote .
11	Then right at the end of the interview , he comes back to the fundamental question about himself — what is on offer .
12	Once again one comes back to the fundamental question of how much use all this is and whether the NSA really provides good value for money .
13	In a statement made in 1952 , Aneurin Bevan comes closest to the continental view .

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