Sentence examples for shift in the character of from inspiring English sources

But whereas New Labour symbolised a fundamental shift in the character of social democracy, the Tory move is far more opportunistic.

When considered with Michael Van Valkenburgh's Brooklyn Bridge Park, under construction across the harbor in Brooklyn, it represents a shift in the character of the city's park system as a whole that is as revolutionary as Robert Moses' early public works projects or Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's Central Park.

While the birth of jihadism in Tripoli can be ascribed to the outset of the civil war in 1975, the beginning of the substantive shift in the character of Sunni Islam in Tripoli may be dated to 1947, when the Salafist Sheikh Salim al-Shahal returned from Saudi Arabia to Tripoli to find the first Wahhabi-orientated Salafist movement.

The Civil Rights Act marked a shift in the character of life for the nation; it transcended a painful past and reshaped its meaning, reaffirming the most precious of national ideals: To be familiar with American history, after all, is to be familiar with a narrative of self-correction.

The dramatic arc necessitates a shift in the character: on the face of it, it seems Martin is rescuing Philomena by helping her find her lost son, but really what is going on at an emotional level is that Philomena is rescuing Martin.

The difference between these groups was responsible for many shifts in the character of the religion.

It highlights recent shifts in the character of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic and asks how its increasingly chronic nature might be changing global understandings of and responses to the disease.

(White resentment of this shift was embodied in the character of Archie Bunker, in Norman Lear's "All in the Family").

"One thing really driving this is the dramatic shift in the character and profile of American religiosity in general.

On the other hand, the reaction to Mr Lynas's speech may indicate a small but significant shift in the character and arguments of the anti-GM lobby.

And if that happens, it will fundamentally shift the character of the Senate.