From an imperial power the Turks were thus transformed into something very close to a subject people.
The church was thus transformed into a pillar of the absolutist regime.
Its sharp, toxin-coated ribs are thus transformed into a defensive stinging mechanism that effectively injects toxins directly through the thin skin in a predator's mouth.
Two engineered DNA molecules make up the vaccine; both are taken up by specialized "first responder" immune cells, which are thus transformed into MS-fighting machines.
Man Ray's portraits of Hemingway, Picasso, Braque, Proust, Duchamp, Breton, Stein, Stravinsky, Leger, Miro, Gris and others were thus transformed into a menu for a database of information about themselves.
Detritus was thus transformed into work of great power and beauty, with qualities akin to prehistoric art, which we find beautiful and compelling without knowing its meaning or purpose.
The pleasure of seeing such work seems to be in having one's convictions confirmed, one's moral indignation given the legitimising stamp of art and thus transformed into the realm of "finer feelings".
The task of detecting the uncharged neutron is thus transformed into one of measuring the directly observable results of the energy deposited in the detector by the secondary charged particles.
Optimal control profiles at different initial conditions are represented by a truncated K L expansion and the optimal control is thus transformed into a parametric optimization with the K L coefficient(s) as the optimization variable(s).
You won't be wanting a lot of splother.'" Testudinian pet, urinated upon in the 1986 comedy Kafka's Dick, and thus transformed into a reincarnation of the Czech writer who proves to be acutely anxious about the size of his penis.
The lark of art-chasing is thus transformed into a sport for the youngest and fittest, able to race through all the stands and spot the desirable targets before the private view is over -- beating the competition to the post is essential.
