Sentence examples for try to modernize from inspiring English sources

He also said he would try to modernize the Pentagon's purchasing practices and push for another round of base closings to save money.

But he said it was necessary to meet the requirements of the Help America Vote Act, enacted after the 2000 presidential election to try to modernize the nation's voting system.

There's an affectionate portrait of the Rev. Reginald Foster, an American-born Carmelite monk who has served as Latin secretary to three popes and who remains an ardent Latin missionary in the face of the precipitous decline that the language has experienced in the wake of the Second Vatican Council's decision in the mid-1960's to try to modernize certain aspects of the Catholic Church.

Even those now "legacy" SaaS applications will try to modernize by building in data intelligence and microservices components.

Who knows, in 10 years maybe you yes, you!—can run for Congress in your local district, and try to modernize the ancient ways in which we imagine ownership.

The movie doesn't try to modernize the story — there are no cellphones or worrying about WiFi passwords — opting instead to try to bring out matters that are more constants of childhood development.

Gingrich has tried to modernize this tendency.

"We have really tried to modernize our physical plant, and we're also trying to modernize our shows," Mr. Ward said.

In 1959, Mr. Stratemeyer's daughters tried to modernize the books.

In another sense he's trying to modernize and globalize.

The Agriculture Department says it is simply trying to modernize an outdated poultry inspection system.