"how it is shaped" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe the physical appearance or structure of something. Example: The potter demonstrated how the clay was shaped into a beautiful vase with his expert hands.
But see how it is shaped and painted: saggy, lumpish, clumpy, sluggish, slobbish, squidgy.
We read a novel to find out how it is shaped, how the total experience is delivered.
Sawhney is a likeable host, wearing his knowledge lightly but getting to the nub of why some music is so sublime and how it is shaped by a mix of traditions.
AT about eight miles from end to end, St. John is the ideal size — you can survey the whole of it in a day or two and have an exact picture of how it is shaped, where it goes dry and cactus-y, where it is lush.
This study further discusses the distinctiveness of the soundscape, how it is shaped by the various operating components and considers the aquaculture soundscape in relation to natural soundscapes found within aquatic tropical environments.
As a research center dedicated to studying economic, strategic, and development trends in Southeast Asia, ISEAS keeps a close read on public opinion in the region, and how it is shaped by political and social change.
This year it is also about technology and how it is shaping both the athletes' performance and the viewers' experience.
US media reaction to the deaths of four Americans in an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi has focused on how it is shaping the presidential campaign, as well as the wider implications.
The maps, photographs and artifacts explore the emergence of Richmond County Staten Islandd's formal municipal designation) in its own right, and how it was shaped by the history of New York.
The Christological debate is quite unintelligible without an awareness of how it was shaped by that context.
"I denied my own existence and how it's shaped me," he said of his project's beginnings.
