Sentence examples for great downgrading from inspiring English sources

Within days of 9/11, Bush set in motion a great downgrading of civil liberties and the conquest of Iraq, neither of which followed logically from the attacks; they were, instead, attempts to remake the country and the world.

Often the journalist stands as Capra's token ordinary Joe, a symbol of the low-class intellectual, the would-be great writer downgraded to the demotic reporter.

On a long downgrade, great saguaro cacti — mutilated, many of them, by disease or shotgun fire — stood on both sides of the highway.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration also investigated Great Escapes and downgraded its safety rating to conditional; it is currently conducting a follow-up safety investigation of Great Escapes to "ensure it is operating in full compliance with federal safety standards," Mr. Mosley, the Transportation Department spokesman, said in an e-mail.

Great property, but a downgrade from Trump Tower.

Neil Currie of UBS Warburg downgraded the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company to "sell" from "hold".

Its obsession with Woodhenges, Sea Henges and Time Team demotic digging only succeeds in downgrading our greatest monument.

Wal-Mart picked up new cost-conscious customers through the Great Recession as they downgraded from traditional supermarkets, but as purse strings loosen from crisis levels those shoppers are showing signs of returning to chains like Kroger and Supervalu 's Shaw's and Shop 'n Save for a better customer experience.

"The banks already have every incentive to use their bank subsidiaries, but it's even greater after the downgrades," said Dennis Kelleher, president of Better Markets, a lobbying group that is pushing for stricter financial regulations.

The total amount of outstanding commercial paper has fallen 30percentthis yearaccordingding to Diane Vazza, head of global financial investment research at Standard & Poor's, thanks to that downgrading and to great caution among investors.

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.