Example sentences of "is converted into [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Light is converted into chemical energy which in turn is reconverted by combustion or decay into organic energy .
2 If this time is converted into equinoctial time , it will be found to be shortly before 12.45 .
3 The training , however high-level , is converted into higher education only when the student is able to form an independent evaluation of what he or she has learned or mastered , is able to put it into some kind of perspective , and is able to see not only its strengths but also its limitations .
4 In Europe only 42% of the energy produced is converted into useful energy .
5 With a digital signal , the sound or other analogue information is converted into binary data using an analogue-to-digital converter ( see Part 7 last month ) .
6 What remains is converted into solid material for elimination as faeces .
7 Thirty per cent dissipates when the original fuel is converted into usable electricity , gas , petrol or solid fuels ; and another 30 per cent vanishes into thin air because of inefficient systems and appliances in homes , industry and transport .
8 In an optical system , the information to be conveyed is converted into light signals rather than electrical ones .
9 The effect of this is to slow the molecules down and as this happens the kinetic energy associated with moving particles is converted into potential energy .
10 Word Convert solves the kind of puzzles seen in many magazine competitions where a given word is converted into another by altering one letter at a time .
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