Sentence examples for tiers slipping from inspiring English sources

Re "Two Tiers, Slipping Into One" (Feb.

Northern Premier League Blyth, who play in the seventh tier, let slip a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 to Birmingham.

Slipping from the tier-one division to tier two has real ramifications in terms of where or whether a law school's graduates get their first jobs.

Defeat could put the under-pressure Irish in danger of slipping into the third tier of seeds in the draw for the 2015 World Cup.

Pressley left the Ricoh Arena with Coventry 21st in League One and in danger of slipping into the bottom tier of the Football League for the first time since 1959.

There will always be a market for little black dresses, but in recent seasons Milan and Paris have rediscovered the charm of a turban, feathers, a kimono sleeve, graphic filigree, tiered Empire sheaths, harem pants, scarf dresses slipping from a shoulder, and fur-trimmed cocoon opera coats.

Today, however, Europe is talking about "the French question": can the Socialist government of President François Hollande pull France out of its slow decline and prevent it from slipping permanently into Europe's second tier?

The Memo From France article last Sunday, about efforts by France's Socialist president, François Hollande, to stop his country's slow decline and prevent it from slipping permanently into Europe's second tier, misidentified the character in Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's novel of social upheaval, "The Leopard," who said that "everything needs to change, so everything can stay the same".

Cosatu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi says that South Africa is "slipping into a 'predatory state' where a new tier of leaders believe it's their turn to feed".

NATO's Partnership for Peace program, in which second-tier members like Germany participate, gives former Soviet republics in the Caucasus and Central Asia access to NATO training programs, which helps keep them from slipping closer into the Kremlin's orbit.

Timetable slipping?