Sentence examples for bid to shift from inspiring English sources

In a bid to shift stock, more than 100 London developments have introduced incentives since the new year, some of which have never been tried before.

The new policy is part of a determined bid to shift the government on to the side of the motorists after successive governments appeared keen to discourage driving.

Even the mighty Tesco is feeling the pinch, and Marks & Spencer yesterday started its summer sale two weeks early in a bid to shift stock.

The exodus was occurring five days after a broad offensive by the rebels, in which they have collaborated with local fighters to seize strategic towns in a bid to shift the course of a stalled war.

He presented four options, each designed to generate the same amount of revenue, in a bid to shift the public dialogue from a question that had been settled before Mr. Lhota arrived — will there be a fare increase?

A distressed Oxfam has since gone ahead to launch its latest Africa campaign, in a desperate bid to shift the world's attention from African Hunger, to African-Hunger-Backdropped-By-Stunning-African-Landscapes.

UBS PaineWebber, the No. 4 U.S. brokerage, has moved to reduce the commissions some of its brokers receive in a bid to get them to shift clients into accounts based on fees rather than trading commissions.

And the only way to do that is to shift these bids for reduced sentences to the judicial branch and out of the President's office.

Parliament did not pass the necessary legislative amendments to shift to competitive bidding until 2010, he said.

However, Hearn said the directive would only have been relevant if the fight had gone to purse bids and suggested Froch had agreed to shift on the percentage.

It does seem that opinion will continue to shift as more people conclude that the government's expensive bid to transform public services is doomed to fail.