Sentence examples for mission shift from inspiring English sources

Any military is defined by its mission, and since the end of the cold war the United States military has undergone a mission shift of strategic proportions.

UNITED NATIONS, July 6 (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon recommended to the U.N. Security Council on Friday that its Syria monitoring mission shift focus from observing a non-existent ceasefire to securing a political solution to the conflict that has killed thousands.

For the next twenty minutes, the mission shifted to an intelligence-gathering operation.

Starting around puberty, its primary mission shifts to prune out unneeded connections.

Over the years, the mission shifted to patrolling the Mexico border, but as recently as 1990 it was a small force of just over 3,000 agents.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been pushing for a bigger withdrawal that would reduce the bulk of the troops around the same time the mission shifts to a support role, leaving behind Special Operations teams to conduct targeted raids.

Over time the traditional roles of white gunslinger and nonwhite sidekick are reversed, as the duo's mission shifts from Schultz's work to the rescue of Django's wife, Broomhilda (Kerry Washington).

The Internal Revenue Service, its staff shrunken by a sixth and its mission shifted to customer service, has virtually stopped pursuing more than one million tax delinquents and sharply cut other enforcement action.

Mr. McQuaid, who has been managing fan clubs since 1980, beginning with the band Journey, said when the mission shifts from an emphasis on service to one of revenue, "You're just asking for trouble from the fan base".

In 1999, the American Association of Retired Persons formally changed its name to AARP when its mission shifted to representing the interests of all Americans over 50, rather than just those who are retired.

The Internal Revenue Service, its staff reduced by a sixth since 1992 and its mission shifted to customer service, has virtually stopped pursuing more than one million tax delinquents and has sharply curtailed other kinds of enforcement.