Sentence examples for spur the shift from inspiring English sources
I.B.M. itself helped spur the shift when it introduced its first personal computer in 1981, a project started under the previous chief executive, Frank T. Cary, but completed by Mr. Opel.
Two factors spurred the shift.
The adoption of the first national development plan in 1963 spurred the shift from agriculture to industry.
That, according to the LA Times, spurred the dramatic shift between the band's 2007 debut album All Hours Cymbals and its recent follow-up Odd Blood.
To spur the massive and historically unprecedented shift of global capital deemed necessary to pay for a transition away from fossil fuels, the international business and diplomatic community has been pushing for a price to be levied on carbon.
In other words, as people shift from DVDs to downloads, lowering the price of those downloads will help spur the growth of that market.
The popularity of coin operated arcade games in 1979 spurred the company to shift its focus from pinball games to arcade games.
Hybridization with dogs is considered one of the main threats to dingo survival in Australia, spurring the Victorian State Government to shift the dingo from the vermin list to the endangered species list in 2008.
The financial crisis that spurred this shift went largely unnoticed until 1986, when The Wall Street Journal reported on retiring sisters clipping coupons and applying for welfare.
Organizations try to spur these shifts in two categories: about their issue and about their primary constituency, the population it is designed to serve or mobilize.
