Sentence examples for cause ratings from inspiring English sources
A large role could cause ratings agencies to declare the country to be in selective default.
A daily dose of that advice would cause ratings to plummet.
It started this week with a video of Fahner boasting how he and the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago caused ratings agencies to downgrade the state's credit rating.
The write-downs have caused ratings agencies to issue rebukes.
An overambitious store-opening strategy — it vowed to open 300 stores across the country — drained its cash flow and has caused ratings agencies to downgrade its debt.
That deal also went south as an accounting scandal at Tyco caused ratings agencies to downgrade Tyco's creditworthiness — blocking CIT's access to its financial lifeline, short-term loans known as commercial paper.
Something more visceral is causing ratings to fall.
Politics have proven to boost ratings across broadcasts this awards season, just as coverage of Washington has caused ratings to climb across TV, including on late-night television and cable news.
Last year, while in the midst of trashing NFL players who kneel during the anthem to protest police brutality and social injustice against black people in the United States, President Donald Trump said that attempts to make football safer were "ruining the game" and causing ratings to go down.
"If you exhaust it all in one event, that will cause the ratings agencies to think about whether to downgrade you," Ms. Grandstaff said.
The appearance of Buffalo, the No. 42 TV market, in four straight Super Bowls did not cause a ratings mudslide; the 1993 game against Dallas produced a 45.5.
