Sentence examples for a minus from from inspiring English sources

Asked if that meant Oxygen was already considering a renewal, he replied, laughing, "Can you call me on Monday?" (Some initial reviews have been positive, including an A minus from Entertainment Weekly).

The comic received an A minus from Entertainment Weekly, which called it "a charming antidote to the histrionics present in so many fights-and-tights books," adding that it had "the strongest female character seen in many a moon: Mark's stoic mom".

Oleksandr Usyk, cruiserweight, 28 He has a crazy haircut, which is either a plus or a minus from a marketability standpoint, while his results in the ring so far – very early, albeit against top opposition – are pure, and he could take over cruiserweight soonish.

So with Oppenheim's owners' capital health damaged by their 26% ownership of a bankrupt company, and Fitch Ratings' subsequent downgrade of the bank's credit rating, to A minus, from A, there were few options left on the table.

In Connecticut, which got a grade of A-minus from the group, the police can get a warrant to seize guns from people deemed a threat.

The state's most recent credit downgrade came last month, when Standard & Poor's dropped the bond rating to A-minus from A, citing a negative outlook for the state and "lack of action" on the pension issue.

But "Puss in Boots," which cost about $130 million to make and was distributed by Paramount Pictures, received strong critical reviews and an A-minus from audiences in exit polls, opening up the possibility of solid sales in weekends ahead.

S&P cut the company three steps, to A-minus from AA-minus, and kept it on watch for future downgrades.

S&P trimmed Aflac's financial strength rating to AA-minus, down from AA and the company's debt rating to A-minus from A on concerns about the turmoil in global financial markets and the company's investments in global financial institutions.

S&P slashed Aflac's financial strength rating to AA-minus, down from AA and the company's debt rating to A-minus from A on concerns about the turmoil in global financial markets and the company's investments in global financial institutions.

It wasn't all good new though for the bond insurance industry as S&P also says it downgraded smaller insurers XL Capital Assurance and XL Financial Assurance to A-minus from AAA and Financial Guaranty Insurance to A from AA. S&P previously took away Financial Guaranty's triple-A rating.