Sentence examples for strive to modernize from inspiring English sources

Expertly weaving personal fears, family tensions and political action (the zabbaleen don't whine; they strive to modernize), "Garbage Dreams" records the tremblings of a culture at a crossroads.

As low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) strive to modernize their health-care systems, they turn to trained emergency experts for assistance.

In 1800 Lake was made commander in chief in India, and after arriving in Calcutta (now Kokata) in July 1801, strove to modernize the Indian army.

Strive to develop your technical skills.

In 2002 May became the first woman to chair the Conservative Party, and in that capacity she strove to increase the number of female Tory MPs and to modernize the party, famously saying it had come to be viewed as the "nasty party".

The Farrellys agreed that it made commercial sense to modernize — no pie fights, for one thing — but Peter Farrelly said that to a large extent they strove for absolute fidelity to the original: "They had to look the same, sound the same, talk the same, dress the same".

To modernize our country.

He also undertook programs to modernize agriculture.

He did little to modernize it.

It's time to modernize it.

Gingrich has tried to modernize this tendency.