Khomeini himself proved unwavering in his determination to transform Iran into a theocratically ruled Islamic state.
De occulta philosophia in its early form showed Agrippa's determination to transform magic into a useful science that would draw together all branches of magical learning, set those materials into a single philosophical framework, purge magic of the evil and demonic practices that had caused it to be regarded as a wicked science, and turn it into knowledge that would be beneficial to humanity.
Following the crisis of Bear Stearns, the US financial markets have been enormous beneficiaries of Bernanke's determination to transform the Federal Reserve into a trading desk.
When the wind parted the branches, I could just make out the Petronas Twin Towers, the world's tallest buildings, a symbol of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's single-minded determination to transform this tropical capital into a wired financial powerhouse.
His son Godfrey, in his determination to transform the club, and the surrounding village, into a world-class year-round resort, the St. Moritz of North America, managed to finagle government and Olympic officials into granting Lake Placid the third Winter Games.
The factory is the latest investment that underscores Starbucks' determination to transform its brand from being synonymous with coffee to a food and beverage juggernaut.
Courtesy of smartphones, Cupertinos today are a richer field than ever – a personal favourite being my last phone's determination to transform "Facebook" into "ravenous".
It is proof of the company's determination to transform the investment management industry, along with the lives of some of the world's poorest people.
Centred entirely on the minute detail of one man's life, the book's painstaking and often painful unfolding of his haphazard progress through life demonstrated her determination to transform banality into something remarkable, to commemorate the complexity and strange beauty of the everyday.
Higueras calls Borg and Nadal "the two toughest players mentally I have ever seen," citing their competitive focus and determination to transform their baseline games into instruments capable of triumphing on grass at Wimbledon, where Borg won five straight times from 1976 to 1980 and where Nadal won in 2008 and 2010.
