Sentence examples for was gradually converted from inspiring English sources

After his death in 1957, the family home was gradually converted to office and storage space for the museum.

For example the Moscow Art Theatre, which embodied the Chekhovian intelligentsia, was gradually converted into a Soviet institution.

The silver was gradually converted to the elemental state in a very finely divided form, from which it was dissolved by the mercury.

As a youth player, he developed as a defensive midfielder but was gradually converted to central defense, where he now feels most comfortable.

The former royal forest of Sherwood was gradually converted into a series of great estates, and the sandy, infertile land was given over to new forest plantations, park landscapes, and imposing mansions (e.g., Welbeck, Wollaton, and Newstead).

The curlicued design of earlier figures was gradually converted into a style of massive, scarcely carved blocks that convey, at their best, an impression of barbarous strength but without the refinement of first-class primitive art.

Many of those remaining in the homeland were gradually converted to Roman Catholicism.

As Venezuela struggled to manage its debt, IOUs were gradually converted to bonds and other instruments that could be used to acquire state assets.

Metallic antimony is not affected by air or moisture under ordinary conditions, but it is gradually converted to an oxide if the air is moist.

It is especially important that model calculations take account of the change in the star's structure with time as its hydrogen supply is gradually converted into helium.

With increased time and higher temperatures, these low-rank coals are gradually converted to subbituminous and bituminous coal and under certain conditions to anthracite.