Sentence examples for a year to shift from inspiring English sources

It took the company a year to shift 3m units of its PS2 machine, the most successful games console of all time.

Construction crews have been digging for more than a year to shift the utility wires out of the path of the rail line, stations and support piers -- and they have another year to go.

Many of the fifo workers in the last boom were young, undereducated men lured by salaries that far surpassed what they could earn for similar work outside the industry — up to $100,000 a year to shift earth and drive trucks.

It can take up to a year to shift tooling and re-certify critical components.

Amy McCready, author of "The 'Me, Me, Me' Epidemic: A Step-by-Step Guide to Raising Capable, Grateful Kids in an Over-Entitled World" and a parenting educator, likes to use the start of a new school year to shift more age-appropriate responsibility to kids.

John Rahaim, the Planning Department's director, encourages such growth but shares the widespread opinion that it would take a huge amount of building — some people say around a hundred thousand new units, over a period of years — to shift San Francisco's supply-demand curve.

ShortList staff, who said they had not expected the announcement, described how the publication made an effort in recent years to shift away from its original "blokey" reputation and focus on original journalism about life as a modern man.

So Kazakhstan is using resources generated in the boom years to shift to a more sustainable model of growth.

Properties can take years to shift.

It took nearly two years to shift.

"We get less than £28,000 a year to work 15-hour shifts, and five weekends out of seven," he said.