Example sentences of "it [vb past] in [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 In my dreams I was admitting the full implications of my habit of self-denial , that is , that it amounted in effect to life-denial .
2 Here ‘ clinical ’ was defined in terms of a very exact shade of blue and the sense of icy coldness it evoked in contrast to almost furry browns and yellow ochres having strong earth associations .
3 The college survived until its dissolution in 1579 , when it declined in status to a parish church .
4 That is why we find it employed in relation to an action , a belief , a theory , a performance , or an artistic creation .
5 However , it is highly dubious that Britain would have adopted a stance different to that it took in response to Schuman 's public declaration .
6 The Bush team wants the Fed to follow up the cut in its discount loan rate to banks from the 3.5 per cent it reached in December to perhaps as low as 3 per cent .
7 It yielded in turn to the peak or vernacular building , with a whole range of housing types carefully adapted to the varied needs and ambitions of their builders Probably for the first time , minor differentiations in social rank had a lasting impact on architectural development in Sussex .
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