The phrase "altered toward" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward in certain contexts.
You can use it when describing a change in direction or focus, but it may require additional context to clarify its meaning.
Example: "The project was altered toward a more sustainable approach after the feedback from stakeholders."
Alternatives: "shifted towards" or "modified to".
And how can it be manipulated — how far can the course of killing be altered toward purposes that have nothing to do with, say, fighting Al Qaeda?
When kaolin was added to the bed, the compositions of the coatings were altered toward higher melting temperatures, mainly because of their decreased potassium content as kaolin absorbs the major potassium species.
So while the Ancient White Park has never ceased to eat its original, natural diet, conventionally farmed cattle have had their diets drastically altered toward corn.
The current survey shows that mechanical ventilation is frequently altered toward a protective, or even 'ultraprotective', strategy during ECMO.
Through protein engineering, the substrate specificity of the A domain is significantly altered toward our target substrate, anthranillic acid.
The balance of positively and negatively inotropic components was therefore altered toward increasing the availability of positive inotropic components.
The ultimate oil recoveries of around 25 and 20% of OOIP indicate that wettability may alter toward more neutral-wet conditions for both cores at the concentrations evaluated.
The Industrial Revolution altered attitudes toward training.
That being the case, it may be premature to speak of altered attitudes toward the armed forces among college students.
These findings may in part be explained by stimulated, inflammatory neutrophils having altered sensitivity toward apoptosis-inducing stimuli.
Interrelated mechanisms comprise an altered fibrinolysis toward a prothrombotic state, changes in vascular remodeling, and the association with other risk factors [ 19].
