Sentence examples for modernising push from inspiring English sources

Bradburne, who holds both British and Canadian citizenship, was appointed just under a year ago by Italy's culture minister, Dario Franceschini, as part of a controversial modernising push.

She is being advised by some of the brightest technocrats in Colombia, and would probably push furthest in modernising the state.

May's referendum on gay marriage in Ireland, which was backed by 62% of voters, motivated Bell to push forward with modernising the island's laws.

Few doubt Bailey has been a major contributor to the resurgence of the old brand, whose image he linked fastidiously to its British roots – particularly its association with the British weather – while modernising the company with an aggressive push towards the digital age.

Fearing a credit bubble, the government is cracking down on this informal system, leaving China's "bamboo capitalists" bereft.Those who argue that state-owned firms are modernising point to rising profits and a push to establish boards of directors with independent advisers.

Moreover, it is a mistake to confuse Russia's push to modernise its antiquated Soviet military with a renewal of the arms race.

Things are shifting though thanks in part to a grassroots push to modernise Ireland, a move that began with the campaign for marriage equality in 2014.

Modi's latest cull is part of a growing antipathy towards NGOs as India tries to modernise its infrastructure and push economic growth.

She concludes that his push to modernise the youth organisation of Congress as if it were an ailing corporation, applying management techniques learned from Toyota, were earnest and well-meaning but ultimately doomed to fail.

Rigid Whitehall hierarchies in which civil servants work at 13 different grades in some departments are to be broken down as part of a new push to modernise Britain's government machinery.

He pushed through painful structural reforms and made some progress in modernising the economy.