Sentence examples for was being downgraded from inspiring English sources

It looks very much like more serious crime was being downgraded.

CBS executives, led by Nina Tassler, the president of its entertainment division, promised that moving the show did not mean it was being downgraded.

When the plans were initially revealed last year, Mr Sheerman wrote that MPs feared Parliament was being "downgraded into a tourist attraction".

Taking away the cabinet ranking that many former United Nations ambassadors have been given would suggest that the position was being downgraded.

Clark said he thought rugby was being downgraded because of Title IX. "We're a team of 60 young males in the program, so that head count hurt us," he said.

It was greeted warmly by the educational establishment of its time, but there were also voices casting doubt on the approach it took, primarily from those who feared that the vital importance of knowledge was being downgraded.

Also, "The Reagans" is being downgraded, not killed.

The union said some roles were being downgraded.

Now Spain is being downgraded and has soaring deficits.

Yet the most flexible and agile naval surface ship – the frigate – is being downgraded.

He was already worried by small indicators that the Butovo memorial and its message were being downgraded.