Example sentences of "comes to [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , this supplied local bubble-brains with material for a whole week of wild rumour and exaggeration : believe me , when it comes to whipping up moralistic hysteria about something they knock full all about , daft nationalists are hard to beat . |
| 2 | When it comes to facing up to change the Tories are ruthless . |
| 3 | The R450 handles special tunings equally well and it 's also spot on when it comes to setting up guitars ; if this tuner shows your intonation to be out then it 's out . |
| 4 | ‘ They 'll give us the extra numbers we 'll need , when it comes to roundin' up the rest of these Triad Jesus freaks . |
| 5 | Yellow pages it might once have been , but no-one would let their fingers do the walking when it comes to mucking out , that 's still done at arms length . |
| 6 | IBM Corp 's quest for a new chief executive appears to be narrowing , but you pays your money and you takes your choice when it comes to drawing up a list of front-runners — US PC Week reckons that the company will go for a chairman from outside and suggests Paul Stern and Perot Systems Corp chairman Morton Meyerson as the front-runners , with an internal chief executive , putting its money on Ellen Hancock and Bernard Puckett , but the Reuter shortlist is quite different , and has Lawrence Bossidy , chairman of Allied-Signal Corp out front , saying he has visited Armonk at least three or four times , Paul Stern is in there again , and John Sculley is back in the picture , with one source quoted as saying ‘ The rumour is that Sculley is acting quite disinterested , but his travel plans include going to the East Coast quite a bit ; ’ Reuter 's other possible contender is Michael Armstrong , who left only last year . |
| 7 | Though a picture may sometimes be worth a thousand words , this may not be true when it comes to drawing out facts from figures . |
| 8 | To be fair , the diagram turned up on page 45 and , anyway , the Alpha 2.0 proves straightforward enough when it comes to hooking up to a power amp , combo or mixer . |
| 9 | I 'm not a fifth-former , or everybody 's muggins when it comes to sorting out their Drama Practical , or an ace swimmer lately deteriorated , or a lapsed flute-player . |
| 10 | Yes , by the time it comes to getting round to your complaint you 've moved on . |
| 11 | But like her own mother and her grandmother before her , when it comes to stocking up the food cupboard for her baby Lisa relies on a name she can trust . |
| 12 | There is n't a hotel restaurant , but when it comes to eating out in Stuttgart you 're spoilt for choice . |
| 13 | Work out ways to raise your status at work and adopt a high profile when it comes to thinking through professional matters and sharing ideas with the people that matter . |
| 14 | When it comes to cleaning up the environment , it is said that ‘ the polluter pays ’ … but who is the polluter ? |
| 15 | This may well seem to be the most efficient way of utilising office time but when it comes to weighing up effectiveness the pro-forma is a non-starter as parents are antagonised by this bureaucratic and impersonal style of communication . |
| 16 | The real problem when it comes to going out with an infant is the amount of clobber you have to take with you . |
| 17 | Karen talks about her life and says that her friends are very good when it comes to going out . |
| 18 | But when it comes to going out , many revealed they would be uncomfortable if their partner began to breastfeed their child in public . |
| 19 | When it comes to going in , doing a job and getting out , they 're just like the SAS . ’ |
| 20 | Wilko does n't seem to be the smartest when it comes to totting up transfer prices ! |
| 21 | I know a fair amount about how the machine works and I have made myself slow up when it comes to finishing off ( I have to be very careful to inspect all seams , knowing my friend 's beady eye will be on the work ! ) . |
| 22 | Identifying the triggers or cues for your own behaviour and other people 's provides a useful foothold when it comes to working out how to change or modify behaviour . |
| 23 | Using chemicals can be a tricky business , especially when it comes to working out how much to use . |
| 24 | When it comes to working out how or where he got in the river , maybe we can help . |