1. He added that a downgrading in profit forecasts was normal in a recession.

2. Even analysts who have been busily downgrading tech stocks tend to characterize the rout as a correction, not a long-term trend.

3. The discomfort was compounded by a profits downgrading by County NatWest WoodMac.

4. The professor claims that the government is deliberately downgrading scientific research.

5. Any further downgrading of the US credit rating, while making more US borrowing more expensive, would also be a matter of concern to Beijing.

6. Despite US governmental rebuttals of the downgrading, and the Federal Reserve's reassurances, the move is still likely to bring new challenges to the US's already sluggish economic recovery.

7. And by downgrading, he means they're upgrading to an older, more familiar experience.

8. The IMF is also warning a downgrading in US sovereign debt will have a far-reaching global impact.

8. try its best to collect and build good sentences.

9. Meanwhile, members looking to cut costs are already downgrading to the new, cheaper package, which could cannibalize Alibaba.com's pricier service offerings.

10. Many corporations are downgrading travelers from business to economy class on long-haul flights and lowering the hotel class used for business travel.

11. Stronger societies were taking over smaller and weaker ones, which resulted in a downgrading of the credit rating of the predator.

12. The recent U.S. debt crisis and Standard and Poor's downgrading of U.S. debt has turned things around for Mr. Shu's gold holdings.

13. They need to put more emphasis on local knowledge: many globalisation-obsessed companies may come to regret the fashion for downgrading country managers.

14. QUESTION FROM NATE: Do you see the news about the USA's creditors possibly downgrading our credit rating because of our growing debt as overblown?

15. For those now staying at less expensive properties , the downgrading brings some discomforts.

16. Zimbabwe, which says it sits on 34 tonnes of ivory - estimated to be worth billions of dollars - stockpiled in a heavily-guarded warehouse, pushed for a downgrading of the ban.

17. Emphasising the output of international-level research, she warns, can lead to the downgrading of other activities, such as teaching and social outreach.

18. Dump it, or at least cut it back. You can save hundreds of dollars a year by downgrading your cable service.

19. My colleague has adamantly refused, as she sees this as a downgrading of her skills, which she has tried very hard to build to more value-added activities.

20. Interestingly enough, the government, propaganda people, have actually been gradually downgrading the dam's ability to actually control floods.