Sentence examples for major refurbishing from inspiring English sources

The Twelve Years' Truce prompted a major refurbishing of Flemish churches.

Both of the Westchester malls undergoing major refurbishing are considered old by industry standards, with the Yonkers mall being "downright old," Ms. Duker said.

The mural project is one element of a major refurbishing of the section of the museum known as Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall, which is New York State's official memorial to its 33rd governor and the nation's 26th president.

Rebuilt for the first modern Games, in 1896, the ancient stadium on adjacent hills in the middle of downtown, needed no major refurbishing, standing as an example of the convergence of the old and the new.

Egypt has completed a major refurbishing of pharaonic antiquities, reopening monuments closed for repairs and revamping others as the country's tourism industry suffers from the fallout of the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States.

When the Hayden's threadbare facilities were in need of a major refurbishing, the trustees of the Natural History Museum opted for a new architectural metaphor: One of the universe's own spheres, 2 million kilograms of it, housed inside the showcase-like, $210 million Rose Center.

According to a Reuters story, the stogie-puffing, 6-foot-8-inch tall Volcker has agreed to chair an independent oversight board that will review policies and procedures within the firm; furthermore, The No. 5 accounting firm will stop offering some consulting services in its first major step at refurbishing its soiled reputation.

And InterContinental recently announced a major initiative to refurbish the Holiday Inn brands.

The chief executives of these companies, which include a Boston-area moving business with as many as 400 seasonal employees, a major supplier of refurbished toner cartridges, and a manufacturer of truck batteries that meet California's stringent new idling restrictions, report that Next Street fills a vital role for their organizations.

The past eight months have seen two major openings: the refurbished National Museum of Scotland, which won enthusiastic reviews, 1.5 million visits in its first six months and a shortlisting last week for the Art Fund Prize; and close on its heels, an impressively expanded Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

He said a planned private finance initiative would "bring a major investment to refurbish the island's roads between 2013 and 2020".