Sentence examples for downgrade the status from inspiring English sources

The European Union said it would halt political contacts and effectively downgrade the status of Austrian ambassadors in the capitals of its 14 member states.

Acting president Oleksandr Turchynov – another Tymoshenko ally, known as a smooth parliamentary operator – was forced to veto an attempt to downgrade the status of the Russian language.

The same directive appeared to downgrade the status of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence — the president's senior intelligence and military advisers under statute — by limiting their attendance to some meetings.

Competition experts also fault Ms Kroes for failing to lobby effectively against the move to downgrade the status of competition in the Lisbon treaty, a set of changes to the EU's institutional rulebook.

The appeal for schools is that the new table promises to circumvent DfE efforts to downgrade the status of "GCSE equivalents" – qualifications such as Btecs – to boost performances, as well as new DfE rules that aimed to stop schools entering pupils for multiple versions of the same exam until they passed.

"It is about the worst possible moment to downgrade the status and professional excellence of religious education in secondary schools".

The Panthers downgraded the status of quarterback Vinny Testaverde to questionable after he had back stiffness.

Downgrading the status of any tournament would provoke a backlash from its backers.

As a result, Standard & Poors downgraded the status of Southern California Edison and Edison International, as well as Pacific Gas and Electric Company and its parent, PG&E Corporation.

Britain retaliated by downgrading the status of the Iranian envoy and placing relations with Tehran on a "more critical" basis.

Catastrophically, this development downgrades the status of this franchise's star performer: Thor's wicked brother Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston.