Sentence examples for Modify from inspiring English sources

The word 'modify' is correct and usable in written English
It means to change or alter something to improve it or make it more suitable for a specific purpose. It can also mean to adjust or adapt something to fit a particular situation or need. Example: The project manager asked the team to modify their presentation to include more data and statistics.

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Modify

verb

To make partial changes to.

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Using a dictionary structure makes it easy to change the content sent to the template but I don't want the template to modify the contents as it renders it.

There was an uncertainty about how these people would be different and whether we would have to modify our behaviour.

They've had to modify their design, re-think their market and discover ways to fund their unorthodox technology company.

In a commentary accompanying the paper, two other psychologists, Gordon Feld and Jan Born, write: "The findings highlight the breadth of possible applications to permanently modify any unwanted behaviour by targeted memory reactivation during sleep".

We modify our previous view of margin decline in the long term and now assume stable profit levels.

'The presence of 'disturbed and previously logged forest' and 'pine and exotic eucalypt plantations' within the world heritage area is not a sound basis upon which to seek to modify its boundary," the legal group's submission said.

Her lawyers argue that Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires officers to "reasonably" modify arrest procedures when confronting people who have mental illness; San Francisco says the ADA does not apply to arrests, especially with public safety at stake.

"In August we came out and made quite a lot of suggestions to modify it, but it was going up so quickly," said Von Bertele.

In fact, Mendes's training in the distinctively British culture of subsidised theatre - and the awe-inspiringly intelligent way he was able to modify this training for film - are the only things Brit patriots can feel warm about.

For Jorge Campanini, from Bolivia's Documentation and Information Centre (CEDIB), the "scariest thing" about the new law is the power it gives to companies who will now be able to "radically" modify the way "protected areas" are used.

The reaction to Shame, with its copious nudity, untrammelled rawness and explicit subject matter helped to modify, if not entirely destroy, Mulligan's wholesome image – she has described herself as "baby-faced".

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