Example sentences of "it [verb] to [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can such an approach produce change in psychology , or is it confined to exposing the endless subtle differences between signifiers and signifieds ? |
| 2 | When it came to producing the overall figures for coal and nuclear generation in its annual reports the CEGB used a system of ‘ historic cost ’ accounting . |
| 3 | Louis Gerstner clearly decided that discretion was the better part of valour when it came to facing the blue rinse brigade at the annual meeting in Tampa , Florida yesterday , and just before the meeting , IBM Corp announced that its diminished dividend would be unchanged at 54 cents a share for the first quarter ; there had been fears that the company would cut it again . |
| 4 | Her approach to academic seminars would seem to confirm some of the claims that she was totally out of her depth when it came to discussing the new discoveries which she had allegedly made . |
| 5 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 6 | ‘ I had no choice when it came to rescuing the helpless victim of an unknown accident . |
| 7 | A school has had a restricted spending function when it came to utilising the limited amount of money available to buy books and equipment under its capitation allowance . |
| 8 | It is obvious United can no longer compete when it comes to buying the best . |
| 9 | Some people are ‘ naturals ’ when it comes to helping the elderly , because they are affectionate , imaginative and capable . |
| 10 | When it comes to using the right tools for the job it is also important to realise that the final output from a desktop publishing system is not always the end product . |
| 11 | I do n't believe in any hard and fast rules when it comes to hanging the best work . |
| 12 | When it comes to handling the environmental crisis there is undoubted strength but also a flaw in the Western democratic system which has triumphed so dramatically , both ideologically and materially , at the end of the twentieth century : its political and economic well-being depends on growth and the prospect of ever-increasing wealth and improved standards of living . |
| 13 | When it comes to achieving the right weight for health , and maintaining it , some of us are going to have a far harder task than others . |
| 14 | When it comes to supporting the private sector , Scott is a vociferous and tough opponent . |
| 15 | Erm Gordon Brown is giving in , is he not to pressure from the traditionalists , when it comes to soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , he 's now saying , well maybe there will be a bit of soaking the rich , or soaking the middle class , whereas he wanted to say , and you wanted him to say , no we 're not going to do that , we moved away from that . |
| 16 | But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women . |
| 17 | I 'm sure you 'll work something out with Ian , but Sophie will have to be very careful when it comes to choosing the right person to replace you . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Gabriel , when it comes to escorting the good folk up to Heaven , you point straight at the old dame . |
| 19 | The £6 billion received in farm subsidies has put Ireland very much on the side of the French and West Germans when it comes to defending the Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 20 | ‘ So when it comes to paying the academic and administrative core staff of the college , when it comes to heating and lighting the buildings , ensuring their safety , maintaining the basic fabric of the place , it is the Universities Funding Council block grant which is the only money available to cover these costs . ’ |
| 21 | WHEN it comes to marketing the greatest sailing regatta in the world — the America 's Cup — the visiting nations in San Diego have beaten the host city hands down . |
| 22 | The list of Scottish footballers who have frequented their local turf accountant is longer than the starting lineup for the Grand National , but when it comes to identifying the ante-post favourite one player stands out above the rest . |
| 23 | In all the tanks where my fish are housed a small terracotta saucer is placed on to the bottom where the food is placed , this does help when it comes to cleaning the uneaten food off the aquarium bottom . |
| 24 | … when it comes to giving the third year grades I find it really difficult , with some kids you say ‘ well they ought to have a ‘ B ’ , ’ but I ca n't give them a ‘ B ’ because there are n't any ‘ B's left … |
| 25 | When it comes to confronting the Soviet military challenge , strategic provincialism and its companion , strategic introversion , may prove more damaging to the West than Soviet power itself . |
| 26 | But a lot depends on how good a job Claris does when it comes to adding the final gloss . |
| 27 | When it comes to specifying the fundamental disciplinary components which constitute the actual means of engaging in this " climb " , the Committee selects exegesis , art , and history , while at the same time insisting that English literature should clearly be distinguished from history , and indeed sociology and philosophy . |
| 28 | It had to be a British car , of course , since Pringle 's did so much business with the local automotive industry — not that Vic has ever driven a foreign car : foreign cars are anathema to him , their sudden invasion of British roads in the 1970s marked the beginning of the region 's economic ruin in his view — but he has to admit that you do n't have a lot of choice in British cars when it comes to matching the top-of-the-range Mercedes and BMWs . |
| 29 | When it comes to putting the finishing touches to the tractor , though , this Italian firm still has something to learn from other makers . |