Sentence examples for disinvest from inspiring English sources
verb
To reduce investment, or cease to invest
It voted for a motion urging the church's money-minders to "disinvest from companies profiting from the illegal occupation, such as Caterpillar Inc, until they change their policies".Sir Jonathan Sacks, Britain's chief rabbi, lost his customary cool.
And it ranks 42nd in the proportion of pupils who graduate (63%, against a national average of 69%).Indeed, it would appear that California, at some point in the past generation, must have decided to disinvest in its children and to reallocate resources to such things as prisons.
Some MEPs have called on businesses to disinvest from the country, which has only recently begun opening up to large-scale foreign trade.
While the report itself makes no specific spending recommendations, it does suggest that NHS England should set out a "clear commitment" to "disinvest in interventions that have lower impact for patients" in favour of "new services or innovations".
While in opposition the Tory party called Darfur the "world's worst humanitarian crisis" and senior officials including Mr Hague, the current Foreign Secretary, and Andrew Mitchell, now the International Development Secretary, backed the campaign to get UK companies to disinvest from Sudan.
It also looked to disinvest from cardiology research activity, despite coronary heart disease being the biggest killer in Wales.
Others have disinvested from Israeli firms or institutions with settlement-related assets.
America's government today spends 60% less, after adjusting for inflation, on "active" labour-market policies than in 1980, and much less as a share of GDP than almost any other rich country.According to Stefano Scarpetta of the OECD: "The US used to have a set of far-reaching and effective labour-market policies, but it has disinvested over the past two decades".
Global Witness says the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global disinvested from at least four of the companies DFA had shares in, including Ta Ann Holdings and WTK Holdings.
"We are disinvesting from the crucial part of our of health service.
Professor Pepper refuted any claim the school is disinvesting in cardiovascular research completely, and said: "No medical school in the UK can focus on every aspect of healthcare research".
