Sentence examples for have sought to transform from inspiring English sources

Like those regimes, whether fascist or communist, China's leaders have sought to transform public space and sporting events into visible proof of their fitness and mandate to rule.

In just a few short years, state legislatures and education agencies across the country have sought to transform American public education by passing a series of laws and policies overhauling teacher tenure, introducing the use of standardized test scores in performance evaluations and expanding charter schools.

Since then, a series of modern development interventions have sought to transform the complex, biodiverse landscapes of the Dendê Coast into a legible oil palm monoculture based on an improved hybrid variety.

Some have sought to transform the Net into a tool for mass surveillance, including the recently exposed NSA programs.

After all, as Jared Sexton, associate professor of African American Studies at UC Irvine, writes, a "postblack" approach to the study of blackness erases the "true scale and nature of black suffering and of the struggles political, aesthetic, intellectual, and so on that have sought to transform and undo it".

Mr. McNamara had sought to transform the armed services.

Organized labor had sought to transform this dispute into a crusade to protect health plans.

Historically, the modern Zionist movement has sought to transform the term "Jewish" into a distinctly national category.

That is why, for the past 20 years, J.P. Morgan has sought to transform itself into an investment bank.

"She seeks to be perceived as a martyr," Strain said of McMillan, having "sought to transform this court into a platform".

EBay has sought to transform itself from an online auction site to a ubiquitous retailer that can compete with the likes of Amazon.