Sentence examples for preserved their status from inspiring English sources

Even had Blackpool preserved their status, the 25-year-old playmaker would almost certainly have been on his way to a leading club, most probably Liverpool.

Unionists are so called because they want to preserve their status as citizens of the United Kingdom.

Of course, some actresses maintain a great interest in preserving their status as fashion icons.

Most others learn to perform an elaborate dance, trying to preserve their status while being careful not to forfeit their sense of decency, all the while looking for an escape hatch.

That think-tank pundits with this track record would try to pass themselves off as harsh war critics in 2007 shows how desperate they are to preserve their status as Beltway "experts" now that the political winds have shifted.

They ratified a practice that had spread to tire makers, heavy-equipment manufacturers, parts plants, groceries, retailers and longshoremen, diluting older workers' resistance by preserving their status, while lowering earning power for new hires.

"I'm A Believer", which followed over the tannoy, was more like it and would later be reprised by the home support, continuing to believe in the dream of preserving their status.

SPORTS Soccer players crossed paths in planes, trains and cars as they were rushed in or out of the revolving doors of clubs trying to preserve their status in England's lucrative Premier League.

A second group, which included France and Switzerland and is labelled the "gold bloc" by the authors, held fast to gold to preserve their status as financial centres.Establishing that these countries were more prone to protectionism is tricky.

The cast of characters are equally inclusive, with a cross-section of players: fiery colonials bent upon righting the wrongs suffered under English rule, complacent Loyalists anxious to preserve their status and material well-being, English soldiers either merely doing their professional duty or cruelly enjoying the subjugation of the Colonials, neutral Quakers unwilling to formally take sides.

Yglesias' piece has been widely circulated, surely not because of his selection of analogy to introduce his topic: Some years ago, I recall reading a series of trend pieces about how teens these days are engaging in rampant oral and anal sex in an effort to preserve their status as "technical" virgins...