Sentence examples for a programme of modernisation from inspiring English sources
A programme of "modernisation" is under way in the Commons.
Around 1800, Caernarfon's local corporation undertook a programme of modernisation work, inserting several new gateways in the town walls; other changes were also made to the walls during the period, with some towers being converted for use as administrative buildings and the gatehouses altered to accommodate more modern offices.
In the 1920s, he ensured that the Savoy continued to attract a fashionable clientele by a continuous programme of modernisation and the introduction of dancing in the large restaurants.
At the same time the force is delivering a challenging programme of modernisation and savings.
Since the progressive Sultan Qaboos bumped his cranky, isolationist father off the throne in 1970 after oil was discovered, he has pursued a modest programme of modernisation.
So as part of a plan to tackle child poverty and give every child the best start, Alan Milburn, the health secretary, will set out this week a major programme of modernisation in our maternity services.
At one of the forces with the worst record, assistant chief constable Robin Merrett of Sussex police, which has seen three minutes added to its 2010 average response time of 10 minutes, admitted performances had declined amid a "challenging programme of modernisation and savings".
"Mr Blair and his team on the ground are working with the Government of Kuwait on a programme of reform and modernisation.
Even the Nobel peace laureate in the White House has asked Congress for almost $350 billion to undertake a decade-long programme of modernisation of America's arsenal.New actors with more versatile weapons have turned nuclear doctrine into guesswork.
Russia's economy is stagnating, needs western technology and investment to carry out a badly needed programme of modernisation and consists mainly of hydro-carbon exports, again primarily to the west.
This is because, at the centre of both the Queen's speech and of Mr Blair's, is a programme of investment in and modernisation of the health, education and welfare services.
