Sentence examples for upon a modern from inspiring English sources

We are an island nation and our security depends upon a modern and effective navy".

This crest badge is based upon a modern coat of arms of an armigerous clan member, not a clan chief.

Beginning in the 1880s, Henry W. Grady, the editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper, promoted Atlanta to potential investors as a city of the "New South" that would be based upon a modern economy and less reliant on agriculture.

Don't get me wrong; I do not believe the Church needs to bow to the standards of the age, but there is something about just how stupid we've been about holding to past superstitions and attempting to force these medieval mores upon a modern society.

Although often looked upon as a modern invention, psychological warfare is of ancient origin.

But this distinction doesn't quite work because everyone here was pretty intent upon making a modern art of some kind.

Ultimately, the Salt Lake Games conferred upon the Olympic movement a modern blueprint for how to run Winter Games that are cozy, attractive to a younger audience and with significance and sizzle.

In the toilet category, comedian Ben Bailey vowed to leave all toilet flushing to the next person who stumbled upon his "gift" -- a modern take, I suppose, on the concept of paying good deeds forward.

Once upon a time, modern conservatism was an optimistic creed: its basic frame was of good people in bad systems.

The circular font, made of gritstone, dates from the 12th-century; it has a "very crude interlacing strap ornament", and has been fitted upon a more modern base.

Once upon a time, modern people were taught to give some respect to education, expertise, training, position, and so forth -- especially in the difficult and demanding fields such as science and medicine.