Sentence examples for is trying to divest from inspiring English sources

It may be true that Kaminski is trying to divest himself of his antisemitism, but the political party he now belongs to, Polish Law and Justice (PiS), is hardly a home for anti-racists.

"What appears to have been happening across the board is that local government is trying to divest itself of museums, especially of employees, but one of the sticking points is that cities often own the buildings and the museum's collections," said Edward M. Luby, a professor of museum studies at San Francisco State University.

VIVENDI UNIVERSAL, Paris, the conglomerate that is trying to divest itself of its entertainment assets in the U.S., sold a 35-story, 774,240-square-foot office tower in Los Angeles to CarrAmerica Realty, Washington, and Beacon Capital Partners, Boston, for $190 million.

The company has sold some businesses and is trying to divest its plastics and adhesives operations.

You are trying to divest yourself of a property right".

But Cognis's private-equity owners have been trying to divest themselves of it since 2005, with their plans repeatedly undermined by stockmarket downturns.

The tunes on Metals are too attractive to make the album a straightforward up-yours-to-the-dinner-party-hosts gesture; if you're trying to divest yourself of a mainstream audience, you would be advised not to write something as undeniable and charming as The Circle Married the Line – although a big obvious hit like 1,2,3,4 is conspicuous by its absence.

Wessanen, which has been divesting assets in North America, is trying to expand in Europe, analysts say.

Inspired by Columbia University student activists — who recently convinced Columbia to become the first university to divest from companies that run private prisons — Credico is trying to persuade the public officials overseeing New York City and New York State's pension funds to do the same.

Though Cardinal Ratzinger's office was recently given the responsibility of overseeing the new system under which all accusations of sexual abuse by priests must be reported to Rome, the cardinal is clearly trying to divest himself of power rather than accumulate it.

That's because potential customers are trying to cut costs by divesting IT assets, including people.