The phrase "alter the type of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes or modifications to a specific category or classification of something.
Example: "We need to alter the type of data we collect to improve our analysis."
Alternatives: "change the category of" or "modify the classification of".
Splicing alterations in CLL specimens can alter the type of transcripts and thereby function of a large number of cellular proteins that may provide the cell with survival advantage.
To change a shop into a restaurant, you have to apply for permission to alter the type of industry undertaken in that particular building.
Mr. Mendell, who started the company with his brother, Steve, in 2002, said this would not alter the type of properties that HEI invests in, which tend to be upscale full-service hotels.
While Pt incorporation did not alter the type of the adsorbed nitrate species, it significantly boosted the NOx adsorption on both Pt/ZT and Pt/AZT systems.
In a move designed to alter the type of entertainment now seen in Las Vegas, Nev., Stephen A. Wynn, the chairman of Mirage Resorts Inc., announced the appointment today of Sandy Gallin, a top talent manager, to join his company and start new theaters, arenas and cabarets.
Sophisticated arms may also fall into the wrong hands; witness the array of Libyan weapons that have fuelled conflicts across Africa, from Mali to the Central African Republic, since the fall of Muammar Qaddafi.These structural changes to African armies may gradually alter the type of war that could be fought on the continent.
The 1906 Act did not, however, standardize (or alter) the types of proceedings in which immunity could be obtained.
For instance, our current strategy of giving medications continuously because of the unpredictable occurrence of events could alter the types of medications being developed.
The architecture is designed in a way that does not only allow to alter the types of items, but also the testing strategies, the algorithms for item selection, and the user interface.
If forced to compete with a government-run insurance option, which is included in the House proposal, private insurance companies might alter the types of plans they offer, the thinking goes.
The change could alter the types of investments a broker recommends for your retirement account.
