Sentence examples for were downgrading from inspiring English sources

And credit ratings agencies quickly announced that they were downgrading the telecommunications giant by only one notch, keeping the company at investment grade.

In an interview that year, he told The New York Times that the panel also wanted to examine the integrity of the department's crime statistics reporting following allegations that police commanders were downgrading some crimes to lesser offenses.

In an interview that year, Mr. Pomerantz said the panel also wanted to examine the integrity of the department's crime statistics following charges that police commanders were downgrading some crimes to lesser offenses.

The review was prompted by complaints from soldiers at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington that Army doctors were downgrading diagnoses of P.T.S.D. to other disorders that led to reduced disability benefits.

Royal Dutch Shell B shares fell 77p to £1554 on talk analysts were downgrading their forecasts, but BP bucked the downward trend to add 9.05p to 327.95p amid rumours - denied by the company - that it had finally capped the Gulf of Mexico leak.

Standard & Poor's and Moody's disclosed that they were downgrading or considering downgrading credit ratings on more than $17 billion-worth of bonds backed by subprime mortgages (aimed at low-income and poor-credit households) because they had underestimated the level of defaults.

When Israel refused, ties were downgraded.

Foci without any significant CT abnormality were downgraded in suspicion.

Twenty-four oft of 25 cases were downgraded to B2.

Obama is downgrading the threat from overseas.

A lot of people are downgrading these days.