Sentence examples for trying to divest from inspiring English sources

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.

But many companies trying to divest after an alliance has been formed realize much less value than if they had conducted an outright sale in the first place.

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.

So it's a constellation: social housing being bought out by private developers, councils trying to divest themselves of what sparse stock they have left, "affordability" criteria bearing no relation to actual affordability, wages that don't even cover social rents, thousands of homes empty in preparation for the billions their destruction will bring in.

On the one hand, he tried to divest himself of all that pomp and excess.

The videos also try to divest the terrorists and criminals of their religious platform by challenging them with questions about Islam.

It was reported in the show's final days that General Motors might try to divest its cash-hemorrhaging Opel division by having it merge with PSA Peugeot Citroën into something of a zombie car conglomerate.

Andrew Puzder's confirmation hearing to be the next secretary of labor appears to be in trouble, having been postponed four times as he tries to divest from the company he leads.

At 43, Spoleto isn't quite so starry; and its relationship with the local authoritities has become fraught with problems, as Mr. Menotti has tried to divest himself of the administrative burden of the festival and pass it to Francis, the adopted son.