Sentence examples for was modernized to function from inspiring English sources

Public buildings, railroads, and schools were constructed, and Caracas was modernized to function as the centre of the new network of telegraph, ports, and roads.

"What Mr. Trump has said consistently is that he thinks NATO needs to be modernized" to fight terrorist threats, Manafort told reporters at a morning briefing.

After returning to Germany in 1905, she was modernized and used as a training ship in 1908, following the completion of the refit.

The bakery changed place and was modernized six times and – in a similar way – most of the functions and uses of the rooms changed during the seventy years of the institution's existence.

The city's infrastructure was modernized, and office towers rose.

Students learned how to program, got jobs at big companies and breathed a sigh of relief at just how quickly and efficiently technology was modernized and upgraded.

Houses that need to be modernized cost much less.

The fleet needs to be modernized, and Senate paralysis is keeping it from happening.

It needs to be modernized — not abandoned — for the still new century.

"The system surrounding the elections hasn't changed much and it needs to be modernized," Ms. MacNamara said.

That field had been neglected for many years but has now come back to be modernized," says Galas.