Sentence examples for turn a ship from inspiring English sources

After all, he argues, "smaller countries and smaller economies probably have an ability to heal a bit more quickly, whereas when you're talking about a country like the United States, with such a complex economic and political situation, it's like trying to turn a ship on a dime".

"I know that no pope can turn a ship as large as the [Catholic] Church quickly, but change will only come if the new pope makes it clear from the outset that such change is necessary," says Mulholland.

For one recent project, they teamed up with a group of young offenders to turn a shipping container into an immersive audiovisual installation, featuring recorded orchestral instruments and found sounds.

"It is like turning a ship around in the ocean".

I felt like I was turning a ship in my life.

There is a natural inertia inherent in a shipping system that is not present in the vehicular environment, that is, braking a truck and turning a ship in an emergency situation are two very different tasks.

"It was like turning a ship in the water it took effort and time," says K2 Design chief executive officer David Centner.

It's highly likely that such a shift started long before Nadella took the reins at Microsoft, but when it comes turning a ship the size of Microsoft, sometimes perhaps it takes a new leader to push the company in the new direction.

The 1536 rebuilding turned a ship of 500 tons into one of 700 tons, and added an entire extra tier of broadside guns to the old carrack-style structure.

In 2010, as part of his graduation show, Markowicz turned a shipping container into a giant camera obscura that people could enter and explore.

"Big publishers can do it, too, but generally it takes longer to turn a big ship around".