Sentence examples for has served to shift from inspiring English sources

MPs still enjoy immunity while in office.Public revulsion at consistent graft has served to shift the tide, if only slightly.

FOR most of the past 500 years, the idea of "Europe" has served to define a shifting huddle of western countries seeking to distinguish themselves from two great Eurasian powers in the east: the Turks and the Russians.

That might set off an alarm, but the shift has served to remove some of the cuteness seen in her past pieces and to open up a world, unashamedly anticommercial and anti-trend, that embraces the surreal twists of darkness and lightness found in dreams.

This shift has served to stabilize prices, and to increase the accessibility of new skateboarding products in rural and outlying areas.

They are also deeply aware that the stimulus has served to delay the most urgent economic challenge of all: a structural shift in the Chinese economy.

This shift has not only reduced the pressure on forests but has served to increase the unit value of traded forest products.

Both Labour and the Tories have repudiated past immigration levels, and promise numerous crackdowns: it has only served to shift the political debate on to terms most favourable to Ukip.

Reducing the supply of opioids like OxyContin has only served to shift the market to more dangerous ones like fentanyl.

All moves to date by the Treasury and Federal Reserve have only served to shift financial assets between the public and private sectors.

By many accounts, the shifting dynamics in Iraq have served to strengthen Iran's hand at a time when it is defying Europe and the United States by moving forward with a nuclear program.

Unfortunately, many efforts to reform education through standardization of teaching and learning, and shifting control from classrooms to boardrooms have served to disenfranchise educators.