Example sentences of "it [verb] down to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth . |
| 2 | ‘ Given that I was one of them it came down to a choice between Gower and Gatting . |
| 3 | ‘ It came down to a willingness to pay for it . ’ |
| 4 | does it boil down , does it boil down to a lack of security to the fact that ? |
| 5 | He fills it up , and cooks for himself , and when it gets down to a certain level then he thinks , ‘ now I might do a concert ’ . |
| 6 | It would therefore not be too long before it settled down to a stationary state . |
| 7 | Yeah it 's lovely there , yeah it 's erm a m just , a metre at both ends and then it shelves down to a metre and a half in the middle and it 's great , it 's warm , it 's , you know , it 's about about body heat actually . |
| 8 | It boils down to a sharp retraction in the Plains economy . |
| 9 | It boils down to a personality clash , or that the striker simply is n't the type the manager wants — which is what 's happened in Quinn 's case . |
| 10 | In fact , as we have seen , it boils down to a moral evaluation of differentiation ( rather than a ‘ scientific ’ finding ) : the differences that distinguish criminals are things that are deemed to have ‘ gone wrong ’ with their biology , psyche or values . |
| 11 | Yes , it boils down to a lot more than ensuring that the innocents are clothed and fed . |
| 12 | There are many versions and permutations to choose from in all price ranges and many finishes , so again it boils down to a question of taste , style and pocket , although here , unlike upholstery , expense does not necessarily indicate worth . |
| 13 | Effectively , it boiled down to a continuation in a certain sense of the original situation , except that now the primal father exercised his authority not in the social group , but within the ego — he became a psychological agency instead of being a physical reality . |
| 14 | As it went down to a flutter of clapping , John added : ‘ They wanted to study the effects . |
| 15 | Because a lifetime of debauchery somehow loses its romantic kudos once it winds down to a respectable job and keep-fit classes ; it stops being a biopic and starts sounding like a how-I-conquered-my-bad-habits-and-became-a-normal-person telefilm . |
| 16 | Up-stream , it sloped down to a grassy path between the trees and the water . |
| 17 | " Then it comes down to a driver . " |
| 18 | And it comes down to a basic difference of approach to this . |
| 19 | ‘ … unfortunately , ’ Michele went on , ‘ I have n't a clue as to where Lucia 's secret hiding-place might be , so it comes down to a straightforward search . ’ |
| 20 | Ultimately , it comes down to a trade-off between symptoms and risks , side-effects and benefits . |