Sentence examples for modernising efforts from inspiring English sources

Louis largely supported Fisher's modernising efforts, although he disapproved of his methods, and as a result Fisher's opponents attempted to prevent Louis's promotions.

His efforts at modernising the Co-op have been treated with suspicion by some members who believe he is keen on demutualisation, a claim he strenuously denies.

The west, especially the US, would be well advised to engage its Saudi ally and other Middle Eastern countries in a joint effort aimed at modernising their education systems by making them more open to the rest of the world.

Supporting such a measure plays a central role in Cameron's efforts to modernise his party; an attempt to show to those areas, particularly across the north, that the party has changed.

A Labour spokesperson said: "Labour's commitment to modernising our outdated defamation laws can be seen in the sheer effort we've put into knocking into shape an original set of proposals that really weren't up to the mark.

Their leaders are hardline socialists who disagree with Mr Papandreou's efforts to modernise Greece.

The actor said he was a fan of the Argentinian pontiff and his efforts to modernise the Church.

Carney, who only joined the Bank last July, should expect to be challenged over his efforts to modernise the Bank.

Ever since the 1991 Gulf war, which demonstrated America's superiority in high-tech weapons, China has stepped up efforts to modernise its armed forces.

The exports from Europe  have been critical to the Russian military's efforts to modernise, said Igor Sutyagin, a Russian military expert at the London-based Royal United Services Institute.

Mr Cameron's efforts to modernise his party, by stressing such lofty metropolitan concerns as gay rights, alienated traditionalists, while the euro-zone crisis boosted Euroscepticism.