Sentence examples for is in need of modernisation from inspiring English sources

Beijing believes the city is in need of modernisation if it is to take part in China's economic miracle.

Seventy-five years later and on the other side of the Atlantic, work is once again growing scarce and an economy is in need of modernisation, this time to secure energy supplies and slash the release of planet-heating greenhouse gases.

There is one key site in Ealing, which the council admits is "in need of modernisation", owing to sewage and access problems and its location in the middle of a barren industrial estate.

Unfortunately, our data have exposed negative attitudes towards female doctors from male colleagues; part of the problem is a system that does not provide sufficient cover for maternity leave in spite of maternity leave offered by law, resulting in other staff taking on heavy workloads and directing negative comments at pregnant females rather than at a system that is in need of modernisation.

As the first holder of the post of chief coroner of England and Wales, Thornton has updated a service widely thought to be in need of modernisation and greater consistency.

The Russian military has also long been in need of modernisation, correspondents say.

BC closed the track to competitive cycling after users said the site was in need of modernisation.

Much of the stadium had fallen into various states of disrepair and was in need of modernisation.

The estate agent said it was in "in need of modernisation" - read damp-ridden with no central heating, a leaky roof and dodgy decorating - but we said that wasn't a problem.

Over 30% of the dwellings in England are thought to be 'non-decent' i.e. they are unhealthy, in disrepair, in need of modernisation or providing insufficient thermal comfort, with 80% of these failing to meet the criteria for comfort (Communities and Local Government 2012).

What frustrates me, and other Aboriginal people, is that there is broad consensus that this legislation is in dire need of modernisation.