Sentence examples for shifted its ground from inspiring English sources

Challenged, the council shifted its ground: I was controversial.

Belarus, widely known as Europe's last dictatorship, is shifting its ground a little as the EU recognised this week when it decided to relax its visa ban on the country's leaders.The EU could help these countries by offering financial aid, more open trade deals and easier visa conditions.

Much of the art world in London has been shifting its ground for a hundred years and more.

His remarks are ambiguous: one can read them as both a statement of the obvious, or a clear hint that the Scottish government is subtly shifting its ground, to adopt a strategy derided by critics as "the Panama plan" after the central American country's unilateral use of the US dollar.

But Laurie Beckelman, the Guggenheim's deputy director for special projects, said the museum had no plans to shift its site to ground zero.

The words sound fantastical, but are presented with the ring of truth; many readers may also be familiar with the term "walking palm" (it's a real plant) and have heard of its ability to gradually shift its roots and move over ground (a trait that many scientists believe to be mythical).

So why had Cameron shifted his ground?

In terms of tonality, Tippett shifted his ground in the course of his career.

He certainly isn't shifting his ground on the facts.

Gelbart's 1989 play Mastergate, based on Watergate, was well received in previews, but after a cold reception in Washington, New York reviewers shifted ground and it flopped.

Having insisted for months that Europe had no need to join the rest of the world in easing monetary policy, the European Central Bank unexpectedly shifted ground today and reduced its benchmark interest rate.