Sentence examples for devastating shift from inspiring English sources
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, and Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, acknowledged at the recent G20 summit for the first time that they might abandon Greece to its fate a devastating shift from leaders who had always insisted that the euro would survive intact at any price.
Those who argue that Big Brother has ruined Channel 4 are too apocalyptic – its comedies, documentaries and dramas have continued to out-perform larger broadcasters at the Bafta awards – but there has been a devastating shift in the perception of the network.
It's a devastating shift in the balance of power that happened right under our noses.
(That happened with regard to Scalia, and it could easily happen with Kennedy, who may retire at any time, and which would mark a devastating shift for the court).
Go back further than that, and devastating shifts show up again and again.
Many scientists fear that rapidly accelerating global warming, long before the atmospheric level of CO2 reaches 450 ppm, could lead to devastating sudden shifts in the world climate, so Pielke knows it could be foolish to wait.
Today, as New Zealand reckons with devastating, difficult-to-shift statistics around youth suicide and depression, Selwyn says it's time to start to paying attention to the tikanga Māori ways of doing things: the ways that, for a long time, were quashed and dismissed.
As medical relief efforts following Haiti's devastating earthquake begin to shift toward stabilizing the battered island nation, including feeding, supporting, and housing the survivors, the need for monetary support remains vast.
The shift was devastating for Homex.
SAN FRANCISCO — Google began running small text ads on the pages of its Google News service this week, reviving a debate between the company and some struggling newspaper publishers, who have seen their businesses devastated by the shift of advertising to the Internet.
Etsy says the "beta," or test phase platform — essentially a directory of manufacturers prepared to work with its sellers — will also help bring business back to small manufacturers that have been devastated by a shift of production to low-cost countries.
