But what grounds are there to suppose that this can deliver a genuine transformation of relations?

If the mayor and his longtime adversaries work together to render his words into action, a genuine transformation can occur throughout New York City.

But many insist that the country has undergone a genuine transformation.

It requires a genuine transformation or, perhaps, convergence.

To some there had been no revolution at all - and only strategically marginal Tunisia would be allowed to undergo a genuine democratic transformation.

The power of such a disciplined outlook is undeniable, although Catholics themselves have increasingly questioned whether it was conducive to genuine spiritual transformation.

Slowly, one building at a time, he has managed to create a genuine urban transformation through architecture.

Kagan's own book is concerned with distinguishing genuine transformations from false ones.

As a result of his adventure he was able to drink cosmos, and so experience a genuine transformation that he had probably never experienced before.

Yet she says the drugs are "not curative, just palliative," and that genuine transformation, for her, can happen only through psychotherapy.