The phrase "a startling change of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant or surprising transformation in a situation, condition, or perspective.
Example: "The company experienced a startling change of direction after the new CEO took over."
Alternatives: "a shocking shift in" or "a dramatic alteration of".
Outwardly, his new novel, "Cloudsplitter," is a startling change of pace.
At which point Messi produces what seems in the moment like a startling change of plan.
Such sceptics would further point out that this devotion to penny-pinching represents a startling change of heart.
This film (original title: Heavenly) is a startling change of form: an angry, ultraviolent, almost Tarantino esque blast at modern China's obsession with money.
Low, released in early 1977, was a startling change of direction, its bleak electronica the product of an alliance with Brian Eno.
In a startling change of tone, "Let's Get Clinical" finds Smith requesting to "go back to your house and finish the gin/In your dishevelled room we're gonna wash ourselves in sin".
The newly planted grass and shrubbery was a startling change for Tahrir a focal point of the uprising that toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak, several subsequent waves of protest against military rule, and the opposition to President Mohamed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood-backed government.
The trend may eventually turn the capital's social structure inside out.In this section Trouble in Metroland Miranda rights and wrongs A little fractious The fourth emergency service The field-marshal of finance Hubble, bubble Greener pastures Go away, we need you ReprintsThis is a startling change, says Tony Travers of the London School of Economics.
Powell's monetary policy undoubtedly won't represent a startling change from that of previous head Janet Yellen, or her predecessor, Ben Bernanke.
NEW YORK — The mood at Sotheby's on the second evening of its sale of Contemporary art held on Tuesday was a startling change from the euphoria of the night before.
However, just after the new year of 2004 began, Zogby polling found a startling change in the mindset of Iowa Democrats.
