Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [vb infin] down to " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 In the end , it may come down to who makes the better speech at the convention — and who the delegates believe can beat the Liberals in the election , probably in September .
2 In such cases it may come down to allocating liability beween the parents and the occupier .
3 If you do end it should go down to the end .
4 The fact of the matter , at the same time , erm , as you yourself have said , Chairman , we are in a situation where we have four communication rooms coming down to two next year hopefully , I personally think it should come down to one , but lets recognise that they 're costing the police authority one point six million pounds , they 're tying up forty-one uniformed police officers , and something like fifty er , civilian officers on those exercises .
5 Ultimately it must come down to taking a view of what effect it has had on the standard of living of her people .
6 I think at the end it must come down to two things ; one basically a change in attitude — we have to come to recognise that we live in a very , very technological society , that most of us were born before man walked on the moon , but the kids in school were born in an age when man had walked on the moon ten years ago and they live in a world which is very scientific , and we have to recognise that — and the other one is practical sense , I think , where we really have to look seriously to in-service training of teachers , a ) and b ) we have to look carefully at the way we train teachers now .
7 I think at the end it must come down to two things ; one basically a change in attitude — we have to come to recognise that we live in a very , very technological society , that most of us were born before man walked on the moon , but the kids in school were born in an age when man had walked on the moon ten years ago and they live in a world which is very scientific , and we have to recognise that — and the other one is practical sense , I think , where we really have to look seriously to in-service training of teachers , a ) and b ) we have to look carefully at the way we train teachers now .
8 If it sticks with G then it might go down to G four or G five .
9 It 'll come down to the same thing . ’
10 Any intelligent word processor you could type M and it would whiz down to the March .
11 Now , if it was impossible for any reason for the next of kin , the oldest brother to do it , then it would go down to the second or on down the line , whoever was the nearest to become the kinsman redeemer .
12 Its diet consists of herring , mackerel , pilchard , rats-tails and argentines , also squid , and , as it will go down to 610 metres ( 334 fathoms ) deepwater species .
13 No , Well , it will go down to twenty-one .
14 He says it will spiral down to 1,800 by next year .
15 Eventually , it will get down to zero mass and will disappear completely .
16 Like a sea-anemone it will close down to a blob if touched , and it feeds on small organisms which brush past its tentacles , by shooting out special poisonous threads to paralyse its victim , which can then be collected by the tentacles and drawn into the hydra 's mouth .
17 I 'll admit he does , erm , you do get exceptions , but I think it can come down to your er , the culture , the student culture .
  Next page