Sentence examples for dire shift from inspiring English sources

The decision also reflects a dire shift in momentum on the battlefield.

The need is dire: efforts to shift the national diet have failed, because education alone is no match for marketing dollars that push the very foods that are the worst for us.

That shift has dire implications for people infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, and the countries that are involved with the crisis.

Will Labour's campaign week, kicked off by Gordon Brown in the face of a dire new Guardian poll, shift many outers?

The Israeli peace delegation's mood shifted from dire to hopeful as officials outside Camp David said Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel believed the chances for the summit meeting's success had improved.

The Israeli peace delegation's mood shifted from dire to hopeful today as officials outside Camp David said Prime Minister Ehud Barak believed that the chances for the summit meeting's success had improved.

The media has dominated the intellectual landscape with reports of dire changes, catastrophic employment shifts and unsustainable economic losses.

There is no doubt that Rio and Brazil in general are in dire need of a policy shift  to address the outbreaks of violence.

Our young country is in dire need of a massive paradigm shift.

Most of us have shifted out of our dire winter coats.

But it was with Tony Blair that the argument for moving from industry to services shifted from one of dire necessity to being an altogether more optimistic vision about Britain's place in the world.