Sentence examples for had improved upon from inspiring English sources

This is part of what drove Lester Bangs crazy — he couldn't understand why these musicians thought they had improved upon old-fashioned rock and roll.

Last year newspapers heralded the return of fish to the creek, suggesting that an ambitious billion-dollar city cleanup had improved upon a past when raw sewage and chemicals were routinely dumped into its waters.

Moreover, they had improved upon the Roman attempts at systematic plans for the monasteries themselves, which might accommodate 1,000 persons monks, brethren, craftsmen, servants, slaves, and guests with provision for their multiple activities and also suitable storage facilities.

When compared to its predecessor, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth, GamePro was convinced The Battle for Middle-earth II had improved upon the original in several fundamental ways.

We wanted to determine whether the DiSTRES system had improved upon our earlier generation designs, the PS/TR and PFLPS systems.

Ghul was assassinated by Israel in 2004, but his successors have improved upon the original model.

Since then, law enforcement and other software companies have improved upon the technology.

The other area that New York has improved upon from last season is turnovers.

"I don't think I could have improved upon the speech," he added.

The modern hip resurfacing has improved upon past results with new implant designs and materials.

There was the unmistakable beauty -- the snow-laden trees, the backdrops that Norman Rockwell could not have improved upon.