The phrase "a marginal shift to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or slight change in direction, focus, or position regarding a particular subject or issue.
Example: "The study indicates a marginal shift to more sustainable practices in the industry over the past decade."
Alternatives: "a slight change towards" or "a small adjustment to".
At the lowest site, Chautauqua Mesa, there was not a consistent, discernable pattern of change in grasshopper time to adulthood but a paired t-test detected a marginal shift towards an earlier advancement (t1,5 = −2.55, P = 0.05; Table 1).
The glass transition temperature (T g) for EVA occurs at −30.8 °C and there is a marginal shift of 2.4 °C inT gtoward higher temperature (Table 3) for EVA-1F.
The results show that nanocomposites filled with functionalized CNTs exhibit a noticeable G′-band shift in tension while those containing pristine CNTs have a marginal shift, suggesting a more efficient load transfer between the epoxy matrix and functionalized CNTs.
A marginal red shift (from 288 to 290 nm) could be observed at ∆λ = 60 nm, while the emission maximum did not exhibit a significant shift at ∆λ = 15 nm.
Disclosures of questionable consulting fees, a demographic shift to younger patients, and uncertainty about the marginal benefits of product innovation in a time of great cost pressure invite a serious and progressive response from the profession.
However, this result does not follow through to a shift to the full scenario as the incremental cost effectiveness analysis suggests that the marginal cost of MEBF would increase rapidly and climb above the average cost thereby pulling it up.
This comes despite a marginal reduction to our estimated realisations.
Highly dense marker regions of the consensus map, mainly found on chromosomes of the R genome, exhibited partial marginal shifts in locus order compared to the component maps.
The interesting strategic questions have entirely to do with the marginal shifts in vote probabilities produced in different groups by different sorts of appeals, and their collateral political costs (whether alienation or opportunity costs).
Over the past 30 years, fascism – and its 57 varieties of fellow travellers in denial – has shifted as a political current from marginal to mainstream to central in Europe's political culture.
