Sentence examples for has sought to replace from inspiring English sources

Arbitron has sought to replace the old diary system with a small device that electronically records the frequencies of stations.

Muslim nationalism, by contrast, has sought to replace "historically embattled Republican borders" with "more flexible Ottoman imperial boundaries" and to "privilege Muslim identity and culture over race".

The hedge fund has sought to replace Mr. Williamson as chairman with E. Hunter Harrison, a railroad executive, and another director with Jeff D. Hunter, the chief financial officer of the U.S. Power Generating Company.

The studio has sought to replace her in recent months, making an offer to at least one marketing executive at a rival studio who declined, according to people with knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the recruitment was private.

While the government has sought to replace low-skilled foreign laborers with native Saudis, and, according to one person in charge of this initiative who spoke to me, women specifically, job openings for shop assistants and factory workers do little to help women with college degrees and higher qualifications.

Like many companies in Canada and in the United States, the automakers had sought to replace the defined-benefit pensions with defined-contribution plans.

That decision became a matter of national attention after The New York Post reported that she had sought to replace the song with Justin Bieber's "Baby".

This would not necessarily have been the case for a Costain/Mouchel combination, given Costain would likely have sought to replace itself over Enterprise, with consequential unquantifiable disruption.

American troops have been taxed by lengthy deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Pentagon officials have sought to replace them with indigenous or allied troops.

Preliminary results showed 56percentt voted against the change, even though both of the country's parties have sought to replace the queen with a president as head of state.

Correction: April 16, 2000, Sunday An article on Tuesday about the history of the military's V-22 Osprey program misidentified the aircraft the Marines had sought to replace with the Osprey.