| In the final round it came down to a straight fight between the New Zealanders and the Americans. |
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| I had enough money in the bank to buy gas, food, and perhaps rent a dog sled if it came down to that. |
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| Why was the original costing so extraordinarily high and what process meant it came down to relatively such an extraordinarily low figure? |
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| What it came down to was the support of the local council on whose land the wind farm is based, as well as key Green groups. |
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| Her uncle always possessed a materialistic streak to his character, even when it came down to breaks between appointments. |
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| When it came down to decisions being made, though, none of the whisperers could identify anyone capable of managing United better than Ferguson. |
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| He did specify though that if it came down to a choice between a bridge or a ferry service he would opt for the bridge option. |
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| Unfortunately, it came down to only one winner, and the other got the boot. |
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| I have met solitaries that did write their own rituals out, but when it came down to writing a ritual to involve others they were at a loss. |
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| But it came down to last-second heroics and breathless moments provided by the rarest of talents. |
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| Bearing in mind the conditions which affected both sides and caused lots of mistakes, it was Australia who just couldn't hack it when it came down to the crunch. |
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| And when it came down to crunch time, he always came through. |
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| In the end, it came down to negotiating a sum of money that was fair based on the facts of the case. |
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| But when it came down to the nitty-gritty, he showed what a coward he was. |
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| I respected his principled stand, but when it came down to arguing with management, stopping redundancies etc. his principles stood for precisely nowt! |
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| Gina was putting on a diplomatic front, but when it came down to it she had him by the short and curlies til Angel got himself out from under the mob's oppressive thumb. |
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| The semi was a very tight race between five guys and it came down to a boat shoot at the end. |
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| She supposed she could have used a nail file, when it came down to it. |
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| The fact is that when it came down to it, the Irish Presidency encountered serious obstacles to achieving our objective the first time round. |
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| In fact it came down to only being 11 of the studies that excluded abusive family situations. |
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| When it came down to the final choice, Crescendo had the most complete package. |
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| Chances kept coming at either end and it came down to Donovan to at last make one count. |
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| Yet when it came down to it, they wouldn't promote me to corporal because I had a problem with my hand. |
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| He might well have said that when it came down to it, governing Italy was not as difficult. |
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| Although the civil war in that country had ideological origins, in the end it came down to the leadership of one man: Jonas Malheiro Savimbi. |
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| We debated gun control, and when it came down to it we were not even allowed to vote freely on the issue. |
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| She was hungry all week and when it came down to deliver, she executed things beautifully giving the best possible performance under difficult race conditions. |
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| Even more serious, however, would be to give it powers if, when it came down to it, it is left with only one choice: to be obliged to accept a vessel even though it lacks insurance and guarantees. |
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| After all Canadian gymnasts had completed their routines in rope, hoop and ball, it came down to the fourth element scores, from the ribbon apparatus, to determine whether Canada would be in the medals. |
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| After heroic efforts by Monia, Maher and the people we will recognize tonight, it came down to one man, to his integrity, courage and dedication to the protection of true laws of this country and our rights under these laws. |
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| I was there when the public railways had some 600,000 people and it came down to 100,000 in the time I worked in the rail industry. |
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| There have even been cases where charges were laid and actual convictions against members of the Liberal Party when it came down to using government funds that ended up coming back to the Liberal Party. |
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| To address the European context, it came down to energy policy. |
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