"a lasting shift in" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when something has changed and is expected to remain that way. For example, "The global pandemic has caused a lasting shift in consumer behavior."
Bain & Company, a consulting firm, expects the industry's sales to fall by a tenth in 2009, to €153 billion ($225 billion).Some executives even expect a lasting shift in customers' preferences, towards discretion and value.
And public hostility to immigrants grew after a ship carrying almost 500 Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka arrived off the country's west coast in August.It is hard to be sure whether this debate heralds a lasting shift in Canada's openness to immigration.
(Nomsa, 45) This sentiment was echoed by others; another participant indicated that her new reminder system became part of a lasting shift in attitude or "mentality".
So do these figures represent a lasting shift in the balance of power back towards the Americas, or are there just geographical forces at work? Germany coach Low believes tournaments held in South America hold a special appeal for those born there.
Whether it will provoke any lasting shift in perception or policy is another matter.
If we're being totally honest, the sorts of fines that get levied on these tech titans are unlikely to cause any lasting shift in behavior.
Wall Street Grapples with Diminished Reality | The first loss at Goldman Sachs since the financial crisis points to what could be a more lasting shift in the financial industry, as the bank that was once Wall Street's highest flier has been grounded.
It creates a real and lasting shift in community behaviour.
I'd argue that the only lasting shift in the last two years came after the 2012 budget and the double-dip recession, which combined to convince many voters that the Conservatives were out of touch, unfair and not even working all that well.
Thus, the persistent inflammatory effects observed in our data may reflect a smoldering inflammatory reaction or a long-lasting shift in stromal composition rather than an acute reaction observed during postlactation involution [ 5, 49].
Yet the question remained: Would these stylistic changes translate into significant, lasting shifts in the life and doctrine of the Catholic Church and, if so, how?
