Sentence examples for a definitive shift from inspiring English sources

But the reinforcements, and particularly their heavy weapons, may mark a definitive shift in the battle.

There appears to be a definitive shift brewing in long-range perceptions about future oil supplies.

Now, in a definitive shift, fighters from different clans are forming alliances and battling one another along religious lines, with deeply devout men on both sides charging into firefights with checkered head scarves, assault rifles and dusty Korans.

The early signs, after one of the worst weeks ever for stock markets, are not a definitive shift in sentiment but were seen as a potential hope that the markets may at least stop their free fall.

It was released in 1978, the year it became apparent even to the most cocooned rock aristocrats that punk represented not a passing fad, but a definitive shift important enough to require them to formulate some kind of response, usually in the form of a back-to-basics approach.

The Home Office's targets for crime reduction which had originally only specified a 30% cut in vehicle crime over five years—have been extended to include a decline in domestic burglary by 25% and a 14% cut in robbery in big cities by 2005.A feature of the new set of PSAs is that some include "floor targets"—a decision which Gordon Brown, the chancellor, claims is a "definitive shift".

In the former, in particular, there has been a clear and definitive shift in mood among the public, the media and the chattering classes.

While the FM clerkship experience is important to counteract students' negative stereotypes about FPs and their work, and inform career choice, a definitive career shift to FM requires a comprehensive and complex intervention package due to the broad scope of factors that influence the specialty choice process from premedical school into practice life.

It marks America's definitive shift away from its traditional regional allies and defines a new relationship with a former adversary that is unfortunately based on hope rather than experience.

For example, PLRs for weight loss (5.1), abdominal pain (4.5) and anaemia <10 g per 100 ml (9.5) would all be associated with definitive shifts in the probability of colorectal cancer (Grimes and Schulz, 2005).

As I suggested in a previous column, a more definitive policy shift — like adopting a new target for monetary policy — would likely have a greater impact on expectations and in stimulating the recovery.