| He believed downgrading education in Britain, so that technical colleges and polytechnics became universities, was a backward step. |
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| Persuading the French to accept a downgrading of agriculture will involve high political skills. |
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| In a brilliant insight, Furedi claims that this instrumental downgrading of knowledge is just the flip side of postmodern irrationalism. |
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| Pilot schemes saw several benefits, including a reduction in plea-bargaining and downgrading of charges, and an increase in early guilty pleas. |
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| He added that for Irish rail services to develop there must an intensification, not a downgrading of operations. |
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| Council leaders have denied they are downgrading the fight against crime by scrapping a dedicated community safety portfolio. |
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| It sickens me to think that anyone would even consider downgrading it and making many acute services almost inaccessible to many. |
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| We should cheer the good news, of course, but the downgrading of offshoring as a national issue is a big mistake. |
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| One issue that could continue to haunt the government is the downgrading of cannabis to a class-C drug. |
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| The chief architect behind the Government's downgrading of cannabis has a relative who is a drug addict, it was revealed yesterday. |
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| We would therefore be downgrading it if we were to include it solely in the thematic priorities. |
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| Traders, meanwhile, reacted by sharply downgrading shares in major Scottish companies. |
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| I'm thinking of downgrading next time in the hope that I'll stop attracting so much attention from thieves. |
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| That shift follows on from the downgrading of another cyclical sector last month. |
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| One delegation pointed out that a special protection regime should not lead to a downgrading of the 'normal' protection regime. |
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| Consequently, when the liquidity wall appeared with the downgrading of the rate, we ask for an update of the cash flow forecasts. |
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| The study recommended the status quo at one, the closure of one and the downgrading of another to an urgent care centre. |
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| Again, it is a very serious downgrading of the position of family reunification in Canada. |
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| But the team has also made a move in the opposite direction, by downgrading its expectations for the cyclical materials sector. |
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| This downgrading of the Charter in the hierarchy of norms represents a substantial threat to the maintenance of fundamental social rights. |
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| We have fewer roads, as road space has been removed by narrowing, pinch points, wider pavements, pedestrianisation, bus lanes, and the downgrading of some roads. |
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| The union grieved the downgrading of the grievor's status and was successful before the board of arbitration. |
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| The releasing Party has complete discretion concerning downgrading or declassification of its own classified information. |
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| They are pathetic, gutless wonders who have the ability to analyse but are always cowardly when it comes to downgrading a company that deserves it. |
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| There will be no downgrading of human rights under this Government and no resiling from our commitments to aid and development. |
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| Sometimes, states may decriminalize partially, by downgrading a drug to a less dangerous status compared to others, or by decriminalizing possession but still considering trafficking an offence. |
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| A sizeable portion of the lentil crop has been swathed or desiccated meaning it's vulnerable to various downgrading factors should wet conditions persist. |
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| People who make such choices feel internal psychological pressure to justify them, by downgrading the importance of helping one's neighbors-thus public spirit suffers. |
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| The presiding member concluded that the downgrading constituted more of a slap on the wrist than a true response to concerns about national security. |
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| Saudi Arabia's government responded by downgrading diplomatic ties, telling its tourists not to visit Thailand and stopping the issuance of work visas to hundreds of thousands of Thais. |
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| Warning systems notify any gaps, the appearance of a new customer that is not covered, the downgrading of a customer to a watch list, and they suggest possible solutions. |
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| I have already expressed criticism about how slow they were in downgrading their credit ratings for structural finance backed up by sub-prime lending. |
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| The average quality suffered from this, sometimes very hard, leading to downgrading of some of the production: this was the case for seed corn to some extent, and for semolina corn. |
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| Heavy rain last weekend over much of Alberta and Saskatchewan and continuing showers this week in many areas has further delayed harvest operations while downgrading crop quality. |
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| A few months before he was forced out of power, Estrada, through the media, issued statements seeking to amend the law by downgrading death penalty to life imprisonment. |
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| One could also meet a military marking of downgrading of the weapon either a large P followed of 2 digits or civil marking or a P forming part of the number. |
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| We are thus moving towards a return to the concept of the original, but an artificial original created by the voluntary downgrading of the possibility of copying. |
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| The review also resulted in the proposed downgrading and upgrading of some posts to align the functions and level of posts to the actual responsibilities to be assumed and activities to be accomplished. |
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| In particular, certain credit strategies suffered in spring 2005 after the downgrading of the credit ratings of two large US car manufacturers to sub-investment grade. |
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| The downgrading can be attributed to poor pasture management leading to low slaughter weights, more mature animals at slaughter and yellow carcass fat. |
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| Sadly, some States have chosen to exploit indigenous peoples' realistic desire and good faith willingness to negotiate a partnership with States to demand a formal downgrading of their right to self-determination. |
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| A band can apply for downgrading, but will have to compete in two further contests in their existing grade. |
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| Thus, she may have prevented some passersby from justifying their own nondonating behavior by downgrading the charity. |
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| Upon the downgrading of the Straits Settlements, the offices of Governor and Resident Councillors were abolished. |
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| Brown stain makes the appearance of ponderosa pine shop lumber look dark, streaky, and splotchy, which often results in lumber downgrading. |
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| Fish and Wildlife Service proposed downgrading the manatee's status from endangered to threatened in January 2016 after over 40 years on the endangered species list. |
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| However, credit rating agencies were criticized for failing to predict the 1997 Asian financial crisis and for downgrading countries in the midst of that turmoil. |
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| The report recommended a downgrading of Ecstasy from Class A to Class B, as well as moves towards a policy of 'harm reduction', which Cameron defended. |
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| Landowners cannot afford to cut submerchantable trees, yet many hesitate to cut merchantable dominants and codominants at the risk of downgrading the residual stand. |
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