NURBS surface deform?

[og_the_trog]

Hi everyone.
I was just wondering if it was possible to parent a NERBS surface to a mesh so that you can manipulate the mesh using the NURBS surface, kind of like how the you would with a nerbs curve, except you would have more control.
By the way, i know you can create a surface by selecting them all and pressing F but i want to be able to manipulate the model i already have because it has textures and stuff on it which i dont think you can do with the NURBS surface surface
thanks.