Sentence examples for imitating the success from inspiring English sources

The main fear is that the Islamist al-Shabaab militants could gradually widen the religious divisions within this east African country that was once seen as an anchor of stability and progress in a turbulent region, with the ultimate aim of imitating the success of the Boko Haram militia, which has taken over swaths of territory in Nigeria and imposed sharia law.

He learned a great deal about writing plays by imitating the successes of the London theatre, as any young poet and budding dramatist might do.

In hoping to imitate the success of Gucci in the luxury business, he said.

Other series that tried to imitate the success — and gravity — of "24" didn't last as long.

In Singapore, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing imitated the success of the Taiwanese.Invariably it was governments, rather than markets, that kick-started the move into chip-making.

To imitate the success of the new towns and garden cities, and to generate jobs and encourage prosperity, the park will need a mix of homes as well as a good swathe of greenery.

Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Bolivia, Nigeria and Angola have all either set up funds recently or are looking at doing so.Many of these funds are trying to imitate the success of Norway's Government Pension fund, whose staff have been flying around the world dispensing advice.

Media companies were wooing ad executives in New York last week during an advertising event called Digital Content NewFronts that is trying to imitate the success of the network television upfronts, which are being held later this month.

First, he had ill-treated some of Pompey's important Sicilian clients, thus incurring Pompey's displeasure; next, his case coincided with the anti-Sullan reaction of 70; finally, the Sicilians succeeded in persuading Cicero an ambitious young "new man" from Arpinum hoping to imitate the success of his fellow citizen Marius by means of his rhetorical ability to undertake the prosecution.

That will almost certainly fuel the rise of the left across the continent, with others eager to imitate the success of Syriza and Spain's movements which are now in local government.

The Venetian opera tradition stretches back to Monteverdi, but the Capodanno concerts at La Fenice, the city's main opera house, are only in their fifth year — a blatant attempt at imitating the commercial success of the Vienna Philharmonic's legendary New Year's Eve concerts, which have been going since 1941.