Example sentences of "[pron] come to the [adj] thing " in BNC.
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1 | In the early 1970s , in the heyday of abstract philosophy of education , it was commonplace to draw a distinction between education ‘ in the true sense ’ and pseudo-education ; or , which came to the same thing , between education and training . |
2 | ‘ I thought you were only interested in certain-death scenarios and fighting Daleks which come to the same thing . ’ |
3 | For an unusual moment Haverford was silent , looking , when it came to the real thing , a little out of his depth . |
4 | Kathy Rooney stood in for Mr Wogan , and I was a bit tense when it came to the real thing . |
5 | ‘ I do n't know about that , but it came to the same thing , I suppose . |
6 | ‘ It comes to the same thing . ’ |
7 | Distances getting longer , tape measures getting shorter — either way , it comes to the same thing . ’ |
8 | So it comes to the same thing . |
9 | The way in which this is worked out in law may be that it would be an abuse of the process of the court to allow the creditor under such circumstances to sue , or it may be , and I prefer that view , that there is an extinction of the debt ; but , whichever way it is put , it comes to the same thing , namely that , after acceptance by the creditor of a sum offered by a third party in settlement of the claim against the debtor , the creditor can not maintain an action for the balance … . |
10 | It , it comes to the same thing does n't it ? . |
11 | I think it comes to the same thing . |
12 | I think it comes to the same thing . |
13 | It starts by proclaiming that God is dead or what comes to the same thing , that if he exists he is irrelevant . |
14 | Or what comes to the same thing judges changed their minds about what aspects or features of past decisions they were required to follow . |