Example sentences of "it comes down " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It comes down to applying a judgement based on the background knowledge we 've acquired from 30 years of monitoring and reporting human rights ’ . |
| 2 | But when it comes down to concrete moral judgements and commitments , such abstractions will be found interpreted in opposing ways . |
| 3 | None of that would of course be comprehensible to Moss and McGrindle , he wrote , to Pizzetti and Baiocchi , to Goldman and Goldstein , though Goldberg , to his credit , has had an inkling , has to some extent faced the thought that he might be wasting his whole life , for that 's what it comes down to in the end , he wrote , wasting a whole life when something useful might have been salvaged , something valuable perhaps , it is the refusal of those alternatives that occasionally makes one shiver . |
| 4 | But this is what it comes down to . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When it comes down to it you look after number one . |
| 7 | Most of us prefer to watch Dallas than our neighbours ' home-movies , because , when it comes down to it , we know that truth is generally a lot duller than fiction . |
| 8 | I 'm a schoolboy when it comes down to it . |
| 9 | But when it comes down to it , the V8 is more a car for drivers than passengers . |
| 10 | For , when it comes down to it , there 's nothing to beat a brass band . |
| 11 | When it comes down to it , all you 're saying is that the likes of Tina Turner and Mick Hucknall have created a bloated travesty of soul . |
| 12 | Essentially it comes down to the age-old question which has tormented the rich as much as the fate of their souls : how do you have your cake and eat it ? |
| 13 | But it comes down to how openly you want to express yourself as a Muslim . |
| 14 | Again , it comes down to the concept of institutionalisation and the harmful effects on mentally handicapped people living with large numbers of other handicapped people as opposed to integrating freely with the community at large . |
| 15 | When it comes down to specifics , there is not even any real consensus between the political parties about the state 's duty to secure the civil , political and social elements of citizenship identified by Marshall . |
| 16 | So , in the end ( or should one say ‘ at the beginning' ? ) it comes down to the health of the living soil . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It comes down to asking himself why he is so much on the defensive . |
| 19 | It comes down to the clowning , the pratfalls , the catcalls , |
| 20 | Here it comes down , Peter . |
| 21 | What it comes down to is that most people , myself included , are just not up to murder . |
| 22 | What it comes down to is that I ca n't handle happiness . |
| 23 | When it comes down to it , common sense also has a major part to play . |
| 24 | What happens when it comes down to choosing the material you put on your albums ? |
| 25 | That 's what it comes down to . ’ |
| 26 | I mean , the whole point of the matter , the whole thing it comes down to , is that you do n't have to settle for what is now . |
| 27 | Secondly , I 've read complaints about your subjectivity when it comes down to reviewing equipment , but I feel that you ca n't really get away from your own preferences , and why should you ? |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | If it comes down to that , I would need to think it over . |
| 30 | In the end it comes down to attitude and relationships . |