Sentence examples for It was downgrading from inspiring English sources

"It was downgrading the colored people in politics," he said delicately, without going into detail.

Japan announced it was downgrading its emission-reduction goals significantly due to the near-meltdown at Fukushima in 2011, which forced the country to begin importing more coal and natural gas.

On Friday, after the release of a United Nations report on the Israeli raid, Turkey announced that it was downgrading its diplomatic and military ties with Israel and expelling the Israeli ambassador.

Jordan, a close ally of Saudi Arabia, announced that it was downgrading its diplomatic relations with Qatar and canceling the license of the local Al Jazeera office, according to the Foreign Ministry.

The budget airline said an 18% fall in sterling since the referendum was the main reason it was downgrading its expectations for full-year profit growth, from 12% to to 7%.

It was not until January of this year that Shell disclosed that it was downgrading its estimate of proven reserves, a widely followed indicator, by 20percentt, or 3.9 billion barrels, a move that stunned investors.

Tesco needs to raise billions to offset a collapse in profits and win back its credit rating after it was downgraded to junk by rating agencies.

Ford held a rating of at least A on its long-term debt from 1984 through October 2001, when it was downgraded to BBB+.

It was downgraded to a tropical depression when its winds died down on Tuesday night.

So it was downgraded to dwarf planet status.

It was downgraded in 2004 while David Blunkett was home secretary.