Sentence examples for shifting goals from inspiring English sources

On the battlefield, missions are chaotic, with shifting goals.

The armed factions (38 at the latest count, roughly one for each ethnic group), have varied and shifting goals.

But Washington's own destructive contributions were enormous: its shifting goals and rationales, its increasingly arbitrary timetables, its distaste for diplomatic give and take, its public arm-twisting and its failure to convince most of the world of any imminent danger.

A month ago Co-Founder and Chief Architect Mike Lee was forced out of Tapulous, mostly due to the company's shifting goals under CEO Bart Decrem.

Personal doubt, illness, injury, drinking, ever shifting goals, and more drinking dragged me down.

As mentioned above, the DSM-4 describes (implicitly according to Marcia) identity disturbance in BPD as being "characterized by shifting goals, values, and vocational aspirations" [ 29], p. 651, underscoring commitment and social functioning as fundamental elements of the Ego identity status.

But a situation like this is frustratingly typical for Harare, where double standards and shifting goal posts are the norm.

For Republicans who have tried to stick with the mercurial president, the shifting goal posts have been frustrating.

"But we felt ignored, baffled by shifting goal posts and finally, in frustration, we launched the lawsuit against the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee".

Sarah Snaydon, deputy head of sixth form at Dane Court grammar school in Kent, says teachers feel as if there are "shifting goal posts" in higher education.

This study suggests academics may risk sacrificing longer-term career prospects for short-term survival as increased emphasis of performance metrics becomes more common, and considers the implications of shifting goal posts in research and publishing for the field.