Sentence examples for ratings force from inspiring English sources
I'll buy the better-rated one, but I do hope those ratings force Crest to reformulate or kill the one nobody likes.
So, the bottom has most likely not been found yet for what has previously been a remarkably consistent ratings force.
The genre was not revived as a successful peak-time ratings force until the success of ABC's Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
While "Idol" remains a ratings force, it is no longer the standard-bearer for televised singing competitions: "The X Factor" is more modern, "The Voice" is more narratively compelling.
He may have made himself a pariah at his old studio and network, but Charlie Sheen proved Monday night that he remains a television ratings force -– or force field at least.
The two-hour finale of the reality series "The Apprentice" on NBC proved to be an overpowering ratings force on Thursday night, scoring among the highest popularity ratings for any entertainment show on television this year.
A 1999 comptroller's report found that the state's late budgets had led to lower credit ratings, forcing the state to pay higher rates of interest on its loans.
Those charges led to a drop in the state's credit and debt ratings, forcing the bonds to be sold at a higher interest rate, said Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.
As part of the Dodd-Frank Act, lawmakers pushed for new rules that stopped requiring the use of ratings, forcing investors to do their own analysis instead.
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to cut investors' reliance on credit ratings and force the major ratings agencies to disclose more and change the way they deal with Wall Street.
The exact impact of the downgrades are unclear, but last month the company estimated in a regulatory filing that a one-notch downgrade of its long-term senior debt ratings would force it to post $13.3 billion in extra collateral.
