Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it come " in BNC.
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| 1 | But knowledge develops unevenly ; Dewey 's luck was not so conspicuous when it came to , say , radio engineering , where relatively simple new subjects end up with a classification symbol of twelve digits or more . |
| 2 | You need to ask yourself what is so different when it comes to talking to an audience ? |
| 3 | The United Kingdom , the Kingdom of Belgium and the Hellenic Republic argue , however , that the position is different when it comes to the competence of each state under public international law to define as it thinks fit the conditions upon which it grants to a vessel the right to fly its flag . |
| 4 | Things are somewhat different when it comes to the sales decision : here it seems that many worked out at quite an early stage that the sales strategy ought to take a reservation form ( with perhaps an intermediate section to take account of risk and risk aversion ) . |
| 5 | Many people are extremely generous when it comes to giving money to conservation . |
| 6 | MERSEYSIDE parents are among the most generous when it comes to giving pocket money , a survey has revealed . |
| 7 | Dressed by Mainbocher , painted by Dali and fêted by writers and the fashionable world , C.Z. is American high society as high as it comes . |
| 8 | So , having consistently been right about why and how the Tories would win , I was wrong when it came to the point . |
| 9 | The Princess of Wales is equally quick-witted when it comes to the brief royal encounter . |
| 10 | Sarella smiled happily , pushing her other feelings aside and admitting , ‘ I 'm superstitious when it comes to work . |
| 11 | They are stingy when it comes to overheads : in most discount stores , there are few staff in sight and goods are sold out of the boxes they come in . |
| 12 | Charles was described as temperate in his consumption of both food and drink ( in an age and culture where gluttony and heavy drinking were often regularly practised by those who could afford it ) , and particularly careful when it came to alcohol . |
| 13 | You 'll have to be careful when it comes to choosing a wife . |
| 14 | 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 . ’ |
| 15 | Napoleon 's house of exile , San Martino , is worth a visit , although Boney was quite frugal when it came to buying furniture , clearly having other things on his mind . |
| 16 | It is possible that it came from the east of the Frankish confederacy , rather than the Rhineland . |
| 17 | Again , we welcome that , but is it not sad that it comes 12 years after this Government were elected and after not just one but two Secretaries of State since I have been a Member of Parliament have been influenced because of criticism of tobacco advertising and irresponsible elements in the tobacco industry ? |
| 18 | and I just , I threw buckets of water on it to rinse it , and it dried because it was really warm and it came up like new |
| 19 | Users themselves , however , are not completely blameless when it comes to the slow uptake of open systems , Wendler observes , ‘ our clients do n't take products seriously until IBM is involved . ’ |
| 20 | Plenty of clever , talented children seem to make slow progress at learning skills which they know their parents care about — like reading — while showing remarkable confidence and daring when it comes to the things their parents ignore , like swinging upside down , or building complicated models out of Lego . |
| 21 | Maybe the question , ‘ What is it that I have to undo in order to help myself ? ’ is more appropriate when it comes to the Alexander Technique . |
| 22 | It is certainly crucial when it comes to choosing your venue . |
| 23 | But the civil servants have been vague when it comes to the detail of who is to be the competent authority , who is to foot the bill for its work ( and any extra studies it may require before giving consent ) , and how much of its deliberations are to be made public . |
| 24 | He has lived here for eight months and knows more about the town than the Neftis , who are infuriatingly vague when it comes to giving directions . |
| 25 | Bucket shops with more to hide are often more cautious when it comes to recruitment . |
| 26 | I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the men I know who were desperate to experience fatherhood and regarded a woman 's desire for children as paramount when it came to choosing a partner . |
| 27 | The trouble is local authorities are autonomous when it comes to applying trading standards but Haverfordwest seems out of step with other councils on the issue . |
| 28 | The sort of girls who would quickly come to the fore are the sort of Malory-Towers-Swallows-and-Amazons type ; practical down to earth and capable , but there would probably be many unlike that who would be perfectly handless when it came to organisation and practicalities . |
| 29 | Flicking the switch on the TV is one thing , but such reactions are more serious when it comes to real life situations . |
| 30 | The feeble sun was almost warm when it came out . |