By the late 19th century most iron was being converted to steel before use.

Originally built as 3 car class 158s, but converted before entry into service.

It had long been out of active service, and was converted to office use three years before the listing.

Some of these men had converted to Christianity in settlements before the war.

His wife converted to the Orthodox religion before their wedding.

We'll convert him to something before the summer's out.

The plan was converted first in the 1930s and at least once in the 1980s before its present configuration.

All these nations, however, had been converted long before these dates.

An advantage of active mechanisms is that the data can be converted to a different format before the transfer.

Having married a Hungarian and converted before the war, he was spared persecution.