Sentence examples for refurbishment efforts from inspiring English sources

In a city in which rich people endlessly buy new houses and then renovate them, construction rage is not a new phenomenon: even Londoners who have refurbished their own properties tend to react with righteous indignation to their neighbors' refurbishment efforts.

About 15,000 of the pupils will listen to lessons at new desks as part of the refurbishment efforts.

Dubbed "The Great Expectations project," the refurbishment effort was funded largely through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

A restoration effort was undertaken in the late 1990s, ending with a move and refurbishment in 2002 and 2003.

The project explores key aspects of the continuing central importance of mediation as a dispute resolution process, the various efforts at the refurbishment of mediation that have been made over the past decade or so, and the reforms that would best enhance the practice, theory and teaching of mediation.

The cinema celebrated its centenary in 2013 but closed a year later while efforts to secure its refurbishment continued.

The three-year, $62 million renovation of the Old National Gallery is part of a refurbishment of Museum Island and the energetic effort by government and private institutions to re-establish Berlin as Germany's political and cultural heart.

It is argued that a tour would reaffirm the collection's status as one of the most important in the world and help with public fundraising efforts toward the cost of the refurbishment.

The city's MP, John Prescott, was involved in an effort to secure the lease and refurbishment of an old grain warehouse, but the failure of that project left Bradwell exhausted, and he decided to take a year's sabbatical.

Chief among the efforts has been a $700 million renovation of the riverfront promenade along the historic Bund and the refurbishment of the Art Deco Peace Hotel, which is expected to reopen soon.

Its main fundraising effort is the annual "Showcase House" featuring the restoration and refurbishment of a carefully selected home, and features the works of local artisans and designers.