Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it comes [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ You see … you ca n't beat a veteran when it comes to the crunch . ’
2 But Bob said to me where I bought it from , he said I do n't think it would survive the winter because it comes from the Scilly Isles which is warmer .
3 I am afraid that charismatic circles are sometimes influenced more by the horror genre and the barmier corners of the Bible-belt than the Bible when it comes to the Devil and evil spirits .
4 They 're already selling well , and there 's no doubt they raise the benchmark when it comes to the refinement of diesel engines .
5 During the pressing operation , the first juice to emerge from a grape is called the cuvée and it comes from the central zone of pulp .
6 And thi I mean , you do n't have to pay for the creche cos it comes in the , it 's part of your
7 If you 're getting married this July , you 're going to be in adventurous mode when it comes to the honeymoon !
8 This particular skill of Tamburlaine 's is a recurrent theme from start to finish , and we first notice it when he is confronted by Theridamas. he realises that the odds are stacked high in Theridamas ' favour when it comes to the battle , and so he decides to appease Theridamas , and he uses his words as weapons .
9 Again it will be they who will become the cutting edge when it comes to the readiness of woodland owners to offer the use of their woods and premises for other business .
10 These results suggest that hotels providing such facilities are likely to have a competitive edge when it comes to the choice of conference venue .
11 What is important is to tell your readers that the Safety Authority is quite independent of the influence of Eurotunnel and of the Government when it comes to the advice we give on safety standards of the tunnel and its railway system .
12 Luciano 's a good lad at heart , but he 's got a bee in his bonnet when it comes to the Milettis .
13 But the artistic world is London Underground 's oyster when it comes to the fine art posters which , since the scheme started in 1986 , have been scattered amongst less erudite advertisements on station walls .
14 I know I 'm so they they eat you see they 've eaten fish and chips and it goes through the air conditioning and it comes into the studio you all you can smell is fish and chips .
15 The threats to our coastline are mounting , and it is increasingly important they Neptune has the funds available to purchase vulnerable coastline when it comes on the market .
16 ‘ We are in the front line when it comes to the physical victims , but these people are disregarding public safety generally .
17 In Scotland and Wales there is the same pressure for equal treatment but it comes in the first instance from MPs who will pounce on any discrepancies and ask why England ( or Scotland and Wales ) is receiving special treatment .
18 In Venice the Green Party , which has a passion verging on paranoia when it comes to the oil tankers has prevented the dredging of the canals getting under way in any meaningful sense .
19 Labour MPs will be challenged by the Tories not to vote against the zero increase in their pay when it comes before the Commons before April , but they are already cushioned by a 39 per cent increase in allowances they voted themselves earlier this year .
20 Leadership , as Keane says , ‘ resembles a blind and arrogant monarch when it comes to the real issues ’ .
21 Very little work has been done in this field but there has been sufficient to reveal that the refinement of economic theory ( especially in terms of mathematical sophistication ) is akin to fashioning scalpels to cut through jungle when it comes to the real world of policy-making [ Graham , 1975 ] .
22 That is , better an unattainable ideal than a limited attainable goal when it comes to the welfare of our fellow men .
23 It never ceases to amaze me just how backward we are in this country when it comes to the use of boats and Peripheral equipment .
24 However , I have tried to display some broad-mindedness when it comes to the subject of witchcraft .
25 Gower 's relaxed attitude and Johnson 's wry observation are served with a slice of lemon when it comes to the controversy over the differences with Messers Stewart and Gooch .
26 It is now generally accepted that nurture — the environment in which a child grows up — is a more important factor than heredity when it comes to the intelligence of the resulting adult human being .
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