Example sentences of "it come down [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first game was good , but it came down to one player , Garrison , who was desperate to win , and one player , Graff , who just kind of did n't want to lose . |
| 2 | In essence , it came down to this : that he felt meaningless , empty , almost invisible unless one or more of her sex were doting on him . |
| 3 | It came down to three grotty , scrappy bits of land that no-one since Adolf Hitler had shown any interest in … |
| 4 | Well the cr the jib went up and then it came down like that , well that swan neck on the cr that used to be what they call level oven , cos as y as you lift your crane out , so this part would come up . |
| 5 | Did it come down in remote forest land where it still lay , gradually decaying ? |
| 6 | But er you know it come down to forty-six and usually only do about thirty-eight now that is , sommat like and er it 's only half a week . |
| 7 | I have already discussed the improbability of the entire aircraft , its crew and its troops disappearing totally over land ; though , of course , had it come down in enemy-occupied territory , nothing might ever have been known of the matter if all the occupants had perished , and certainly not if any survivors had been disposed of ( which , given the purpose of their mission , would have been highly probable ) . |
| 8 | So when does the value come down to zero , well it comes down to zero when the bit we 're taking away is equal to that . |
| 9 | MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money . |
| 10 | ‘ At the end of the day it comes down to individual decisions about individual jobs , ’ says Fairweather . |
| 11 | To sum up , when buying clubs it comes down to two things — that you must seek the judgement of a qualified professional golfer you trust , and the clubs have to feel right and look right for you . |
| 12 | It all comes down to who holds the purse strings , and at the point when it comes down to that level , something has gone wrong . |
| 13 | If it comes down to that , I would need to think it over . |
| 14 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 15 | In the end it comes down to personal prejudice . |
| 16 | ‘ You might be a whizz at your job , you might have the charisma of ten men , but when it comes down to normal decent human values you 're nothing . |
| 17 | They wanted to keep them happy , they let them carry on with their religion , it did n't interest them but when it comes down to serious things like killing erm political agitators , the Romans wanted to deal with that themselves . |
| 18 | When we do so , we find that the inflation rate comes down somewhat , but it comes down to 7.9 per cent. , which is still 2.5 per cent . |
| 19 | The wh the whole point is Steve , when it comes down to basic facts , it should have had a proper sealed unit chiller on it when it was new . |
| 20 | It comes down to this : a rejection of the single most important human fact between Newton and the Atomic Bomb — the sudden multiple increase of the earth 's population , the coming into existence of the MASSES . |
| 21 | It comes down to this : can the ERM be modified to preserve some of the benefits of exchange-rate stability , while allowing governments greater freedom to change monetary policy according to domestic economic circumstances ? |
| 22 | And yet , when you 've tried all the rest , it comes down to this , and it makes you feel better anyway , but it 's the last resort |
| 23 | And it comes down under that little |
| 24 | So it 's again , unfortunately it 's it comes down in one of these erm pays your money takes your choice erm er arguments . |