Sentence examples for failed to shift from inspiring English sources

When the going initially got tough, Bournemouth failed to shift out of neutral.

However, Stuart Tredinnick (East), after taking the first trick with his spade eight, failed to shift to a trump, which would surely have led to down two.

After an infant's need for a maternity unit failed to shift the polls sufficiently, a sick baby in intensive care was deployed instead.

But we have failed to shift the perspective; or in the popular jargon, we failed to move or shift the paradigm.

Libya, with all its cruelty and its tragic violence this week, shows why.The ostracism of the 1990s failed to shift Mr Qaddafi from power, despite its moral clarity.

Despite Mr. Blair's enthusiasm for closer ties with European Union partners, for example, his government failed to shift public opinion, which remains hostile toward closer European integration.

In pitchers' counts, he would fail to shift away from a hitter's pull side.

True or false, this week's porcine storm will probably fail to shift a single vote.

If this fails to shift the developers, then Labour proposes toughening up the current confiscatory regime that allows councils to compel owners to sell.

If we fail to shift to a pro-jobs, pro-growth economic policy, there will never be enough public revenue to pay for our safety net, national security or whatever size government we decide to have".

There may not be many facts to support either mood, but if Thursday night's debate fails to shift it, a serious Tory wobble may not be long in coming.