Sentence examples for extensive modernisation from inspiring English sources

It will soon be a beacon of light among Italy's ageing stadia as it goes through some extensive modernisation.

In the 19th century, the Ottomans engaged in an extensive modernisation effort, which included many political and legal reforms.

Perth, on the banks of the Swan River, is an unthreatening, easy-going city which, despite extensive modernisation, retains a unique antique charm.

The main transformation process however was initiated by the oil production, which began in the 1940s and led to a rigid and extensive modernisation period (Salama and Wiedmann 2013).

By the 1930s, the five ships of the Queen Elizabeth class were rotated through extensive modernisation.

Belfast saw further combat action in 1950 52 during the Korean War and underwent an extensive modernisation between 1956 and 1959.

The aim of China's extensive military modernisation is to extend China's military reach well beyond its own shores and to potentially neutralise weapons systems where the US has a dominant advantage.

The Metro is currently undergoing an extensive renewal and modernisation programme, and the current strategy [18] intends to replace the Metrocars by 2025.

In the second part, the Descrip­ tion of Minerals, numerous, if not so extensive, modifications and modernisations have been introduced.

The reason is an extensive wave of very overdue repairs and modernisation taking place across the 33,000km (20,500 mile) rail network, from replacing ageing tracks and 19th-century signalling stations to repairing crumbling bridges and platforms, some of which are so old they are said to be close to collapse.

Instead of modernisation, we have seen an extension of bureaucracy.