Sentence examples for shift in the definition from inspiring English sources

But, surely, there has been some ineffable shift in the definition of dignity.

Also significant was the choice of "Contact" as best musical of the season, marking a dramatic shift in the definition of the American musical.

Unitarianism affected only a minority of the radical Reformers, but a subtle shift in the definition of the role of Christ was more broadly based.

Maintaining the peg has also limited the scope for effective monetary policy intervention to tackle inflation, as GCC central banks have been obliged to follow the Fed's lead.Moving the monetary goalpostsThe timing of the DPE report is significant as it closely follows a shift in the definition of the GCC's monetary union targets.

It is proposed that the shift in the definition of competence and in the categorisation of learning outcomes should be taken into account in the formulation of new European curricula or the updating of present ones so that they may reference in a more direct manner to the levels of the European Qualifications Framework.

"The next evolutionary stage is a shift in the definition of art," he says.

Changes in codon usage patterns between species may be due to the same forces that modulate codon bias within any particular genome, but may also result from shifts in the definitions of preferred and unpreferred codons.

The third and most distinct possibility does not concern acceptability but rather a genuine shift in the normative definitions of overweight and obesity, driven by social change.

Although it might have been assumed that the distinction between the physical and the social was relatively stable and straightforward in the West, studies have revealed complex shifts in the mutual definition of these terms.

"Trends in the federal food bill, explicitly and not, have favored consumer wellbeing, access and equity, with consequent shifts of focus in the definition and execution of agriculture".

This shift in role definition raises questions about the purpose and nature of the clinician-patient relationship and its influence on salient outcomes of the process of care including adherence to prescribed treatment e.g. what must a clinician say and do to optimise patient engagement?