Sentence examples for shift in a second from inspiring English sources

He's brilliant on the sea's hallucinatory quality – the way it plays tricks with light and distance; its ability to shift in a second from benign to boat-wrecking – but his layovers in the two-bit towns that dot the rippling coastline, filled with descriptions of supermarket trips and frequently unsuccessful quests for a working telephone, are just as eloquent.

The benefits for the gig worker are typically a flexible lifestyle, the ability to work remotely, the opportunity to pick up extra hours or shifts in a second job, and no long-term obligation.

One heretical idea was to use the lengthy vacations to take in a second shift.

Mottau was paired with Rich Pilon, and the two skated five shifts in a first period dominated by the Flyers.

Every fifteen minutes, another person joined her for a shift in the second lane — a high-school student from a local swim team, her friend Jacki from L.A., Richard Simmons.

Many who shift to writing in a second language develop an unusually acute linguistic awareness.

This enables one to approach the companies generating flows with the highest estimated modal shift success rates in a second stage.

On Monday, TfL's initial offer of 0.75percentt pay increase for 2016-2017 to compensate for the late shifts was, in an eleventh-hour attempt to avert the strike, raised to 1percentt, plus a £500 [$770] payment for all staff (an "average increase" of 2percentt).

On Monday, TfL's initial offer of 0.75percentt pay increase for 2016-2017 to compensate for the late shifts was, in an eleventh-hour attempt to avert the strike, raised to 1percentt, plus a £500 payment for all staff (an "average increase" of 2percentt).

The cohort effect may reflect a shift in preference from a first-generation to a second-generation partner within the younger cohorts.

This demographic shift is followed by an epidemiological shift that culminates in a third factor; longer life expectancy also moves populations into the age groups where chronic illnesses become more predominant.