Sentence examples for Sweeping shifted from inspiring English sources

The council ultimately abandoned the bulk of its outsourcing plan and settled the suit in 2015, though some services — including the city jail and street sweeping — shifted to the private sector.

In the final major rally of his campaign, Ralph Nader issued a populist call for a sweeping "shift of power" from big business to the downtrodden and disenfranchised, and he urged the country to vote its conscience, not its fears.

A26 In the final major rally of his campaign, Ralph Nader issued a populist call for a sweeping "shift of power" from big business to the downtrodden and disenfranchised, and he urged the country to vote its conscience, not its fears.

But it was the Clintons — whose late arrival into Mr. Holbrooke's sweeping apartment shifted the center of gravity to the foyer, in front of a folded flag and white lilies that marked the reason for the gathering — who managed most succinctly to sum up a man who cared passionately about things as small as seating arrangements and as large as peace between nations.

Albany needs sweeping change.

Not a revolution, not a sweeping shift in governance.

With one sweeping shift this week, the ailing NBC network reordered the playing field of prime-time television.

Helped along by the ratcheting-up of capital charges in trading books and other planned regulatory changes, a sweeping shift in risk appetite is already under way.

But the sweeping shift in attitudes has left collectors stuck with items they say they purchased in good faith many years ago from reputable dealers.

From fossilized fish teeth the size of sand grains, scientists hope to deduce a sweeping shift of deep ocean currents millions of years ago.

"There is a recognition that there hasn't been a sweeping shift or a change in the votes," Mr. Kennedy said.