Sentence examples for and downgrading from inspiring English sources

§ 503.56 General declassification and downgrading policy.

And the credit rating agencies have been reviewing and downgrading many insurers' debt this month.

Some species of Ips and Dendroctonus introduce blue stain fungi that cause damage to trees and downgrading of wood products.

"My concern all along has been that this is a closure by stealth and downgrading," she said.

We are deeply hypocritical as a nation, professing the importance of family at every turn while ignoring and downgrading the necessary support systems for families to thrive".

By contrast, S.& P. and Moody's became known for giving mortgage securities high ratings and downgrading them only when defaults were soaring.

Paying for that meant forgoing activities — there was no hot air balloon ride in Jaipur — and downgrading to budget-friendly hotels for part of the trip.

It said if Salmond won next year's independence referendum, a currency union would expose the UK to greater risks from speculators and downgrading on financial markets.

This means that re-evaluating those ratings and downgrading them will have serious knock-on effects on the capital base and hence the financial health of banks.

Accordingly, we are cutting our earnings estimates for 2015 and 2016 by 18% and 38% and downgrading our recommendation on Anglo American to hold (from buy).

Butyrskaya went first, landing her first two triple jumps but then failing to complete her combination and downgrading a triple salchow to a double.