Sentence examples for set about converting from inspiring English sources

So how does one set about converting summer success into sustainability?

He selected as his thesis "The Bird Fauna of the West Sumatra Islands," and set about converting himself into a doctor.

[cartoon id= a19358"] This changed in the late nineteenth century, when the British invaded Burma, and Christian missionaries set about converting the populace.

When Sidney and Beatrice Webb first set about converting HG Wells to the Fabian cause, they biked from London to his home in Sandgate in Kent.

Poorly performing schools, the vast majority, were essentially taken over by the state, which set about converting most into independent, open-admission charter schools.

Initially, ICI operated primarily in Great Britain and the Commonwealth, but it set about converting itself into an international company by pushing into continental Europe in the 1960s.

She is even able to convince herself that she is helping the slaves because she is concerned for their "spiritual welfare" and because she sets about converting as many as she can.

Ellet went to work immediately, purchasing seven of the fastest vessels he could find on the Ohio River and setting about converting them for military use.

The group stumbles on an overrun prison and sets about converting it into their new home.

In among the personal dramas – a dangerous birth, a spoilt younger wife, unhappy step-children, covert lesbianism – the largely silent Brig busily buys a spare farmhouse and sets about converting it for his family's use, adding wings and bathrooms and whatnot, all on the rolling proceeds of the family timber firm.

The tight band around Thiel set about weeding out fraud, converting accounts into profits and expanding to 80 countries.