I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a change/shift in focus
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Over the years, there has been a change of focus from treatment to prevention.
a dramatic shift (= change in the way people think or do something )
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This announcement signalled a dramatic shift in the government’s policy.
a shift in policy (= a small change )
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The shift in policy placed more emphasis on teachers' assessments of students' progress.
change/alter/shift the balance
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Will this alter the balance of power in the EU?
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His appointment shifted the government’s balance decisively to the right.
change/shift your position
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He shifted his position to get a better view of the stage.
gear shift
graveyard shift
night shift
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She’s on the night shift this week.
paradigm shift
sb’s gaze moves/travels/shifts/sweeps etc
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His gaze travelled over the still water to the other side of the lake.
shift key
shift the blame (onto sb) (= blame someone else for something you did )
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She always tried to shift the blame onto her brother.
shift the burden (= change who carries it )
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The tax shifts the burden towards the rich.
shift the emphasis (= change the emphasis to something else )
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With drug addicts, we need to shift the emphasis from punishment to treatment.
shift the focus (= move it to something else )
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Opposition MPs accused the Prime Minister of trying to shift the focus onto other issues.
shifting alliances (= changing frequently )
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the shifting alliances in the Middle East
split shift
stick shift
swing shift
the emphasis shifts/moves (= changes )
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The emphasis is now shifting away from oil towards renewable sources of energy.
the focus changes/shifts
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The focus of the negotiations shifted to working conditions.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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My feelings about my childhood shift around all the time.
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The lights dimmed, and we all got comfortable, shifting around on our hotel chairs.
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They shifted around a lot, too, as the city was rebuilt.
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There was nothing worse than a half-packed suitcase; even if tied in, the clothes all shifted around .
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Incidentally, both necks can be shifted around in their sockets by applying pressure from the side.
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The L curve is thus likely to shift around and be hard to predict.
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They keep shifting around and getting moved on and everyone acts like they're a general nuisance.
away
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And then the news focus shifted away .
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My eyes shifted away from his groin, then back.
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For power has been shifted away from us.
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Last year, the president shifted away from big-government themes and made tax-cutting his centerpiece.
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The shrine and the whole house shook and the ground beneath it seemed to be shifting away as though in an earthquake.
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In light of these difficulties, attention has now shifted away from the membrane and toward the proteins embedded in the membrane.
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Although illegal-immigration patterns have shifted away from Nogales due to a buildup of federal forces, the area swims in violence.
uncomfortably
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She shifted uncomfortably on the ground.
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The men at the counter shifted uncomfortably .
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The Hearthwares shifted uncomfortably as the water ran down inside their armour, and fumbled oilskin cloaks from their saddle bows.
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Pat shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
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Ruth shifted uncomfortably in her azure crêpe de Chine cocktail dress.
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Jess shifts uncomfortably in her chair.
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Paul shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
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Yet even as those words appeared in the local newspaper, county authorities were shifting uncomfortably in their chairs.
uneasily
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Joshua shifted uneasily in his seat and wished they would hurry up.
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He looked at Green and Boyd, who shifted uneasily in their chairs.
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Edgar Allan Poe shifted uneasily in the darkness.
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The raft shifted uneasily on the sea, the bamboo stiffeners in the sails clattering on the masts.
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Poor sullen-faced campesinos shifting uneasily on their seats.
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The movie shifts uneasily when Becker tries to wrap everything up neatly.
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The eyes of those in the room shifted uneasily from father to son.
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Lydia shifted uneasily in her chair.
■ NOUN
attention
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I believe that the focus of attention is shifting from curriculum content to how best to teach science.
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But as they developed more capacity to deliver services, their attention shifted .
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So, in early 1955 attention shifted back to the economic field.
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Our attention now shifted to the planes overhead.
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Hence attention soon shifted to caesium-134 and-137, the latter with a half-life of 30 years.
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In Edinburgh Haynes's time was running out, and his attention shifting elsewhere.
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After a healthy buffet lunch, attention will shift to skincare, style and make-up.
balance
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At any number of points events could have developed in dramatically different ways if the balance of power had shifted only slightly.
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But as they acquired managerial competence, the balance began to shift .
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Although the balance of power is shifting against the commission, in absolute terms it will gain power.
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Also, the pressure on interest rates has been down and the balance of trade has shifted into surplus.
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As interest rates go up, the balance of advantage shifts towards holding financial assets which earn these higher interest rates.
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From the 1970s, the balance shifted .
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The fulcrum of this balance has shifted .
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Between 1982 and 1988, the balance of agency provision shifted markedly as did the nature of that provision.
blame
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Time after time, ministers have tried to shift the blame for rising unemployment to the down-turn in the world economy.
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By shifting blame to their consumers, these industries have deftly evaded financial accountability for unsafe products and irresponsible marketing.
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A third means of avoiding responsibility consists of shifting the blame to even higher officials.
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He had to shift the blame , find a sacrificial victim.
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Her comments on Radio Derby came as Tories tried to shift the blame for Britain's economic ills elsewhere.
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Leaving the abusive marriage, or divorcing him, will be branded desertion or a sin, shifting the blame to her.
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It shifts the blame to belief.
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This strategy in effect shifts blame from the affluent and powerful to the poor and powerless.
burden
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If this achieves nothing else at least it helps shift the burden of guilt.
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Recent California proposals attempt to shift the burden to parents to prove their fitness.
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Training will be a real partnership between government and industry, not an excuse to shift all the burden on to employers.
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To shift that burden to schools is a mistake, even a dereliction.
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It is predicted that these changes will result in significance shifts in the rating burden .
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To neglect maintenance, however, is only to shift the burden from one part of the household budget to another.
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The changes are intended to shift the burden from tax payer to polluter.
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The tax will shift the burden of local taxation between different households and different income groups.
chair
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By the time he'd finished shifting the chairs , he was wearing grey gloves and a wig.
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He looked at Green and Boyd, who shifted uneasily in their chairs .
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De Craon shifted in his chair uneasily.
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The early-afternoon sun poured in on the Judge, who had shifted in the chair .
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Peter was obviously nervous and spoke fast and loudly, shifting about in his chair .
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I shifted in my chair , hoping to make eye contact, but the face was gone.
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He shifted in his chair , biting his lip.
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Scott looked around my office and shifted nervously in his chair .
curve
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But if the expected rate of inflation changes then the Phillips curve will shift .
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As more firms enter an industry, the supply curve will shift to the right.
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Unfortunately, the demand curve may shift unpredictably, making control very difficult.
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This means that as firms leave an industry. the supply curve will shift to the left.
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The investment curve will shift to I 3 and the level of investment will actually fall to Q3.
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This final category, in which both the supply and demand curves shift to the right, is represented in Figure 3.
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If the demand curve shifts very much, and if it is inelastic, then monetary control will be very difficult.
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A change in supply is involved when the entire supply curve shifts .
demand
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Unfortunately, the demand curve may shift unpredictably, making control very difficult.
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An unfavorable change in consumer preferences will cause demand to decrease, shifting the curve to the left.
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If the demand curve shifts very much, and if it is inelastic, then monetary control will be very difficult.
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This final category, in which both the supply and demand curves shift to the right, is represented in Figure 3.
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The second influence represents relative demand shifts between markets.
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Consumer taste and demand may shift .
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What might cause the demand curve to shift ?
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Wages and membership will be sticky in response to iso-elastic demand shifts , while employment bears the brunt of the adjustment.18 5.3.
emphasis
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Such an emphasis shifts the focus away from modifying or repackaging the individual on to a concern to minimise the restrictiveness of opportunities.
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But emphasis has now shifted from liberty to order.
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The emphasis shifted gradually back to reform.
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After June 19 emphasis shifted from the streets to a negotiating track.
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The emphasis had shifted radically from the child-centred approach of 1948 to the Seebohm concern for family and community.
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Now the emphasis has shifted to efforts to help them spend more.
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In 12 months time, however, the emphasis shifts to deficit reduction.
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This is because the emphasis has shifted from idealised language data to an examination of language-in-use.
focus
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The focus of the drama shifts to discovering the dangers, and weighing up pros and cons of using the magic carpet.
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Now, the focus is shifting to washes, the dry stream beds that carry water only after a heavy rain.
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The focus of beauty gradually shifts from the physical body to the inner nature.
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With the Depression of the 1930s, the main focus of financial management shifted to the defensive aspects of business survival.
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In the fourth sentence, the focus suddenly shifts to talking about creators in general and how they realize their dreams.
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The focus of resistance now shifted to the countryside.
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I believe that the focus of attention is shifting from curriculum content to how best to teach science.
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The focus is shifted momentarily from the crew to whales as Ishmael describes the various types.
foot
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She felt a giddy sensation of ground shifting under her feet .
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He shifted nervously from foot to foot.
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The others are in various states of distraction: Eddie is shifting from foot to foot.
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Soft ground, trodden flat by uneasy, shifting feet not so many hours ago.
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He shifted from one foot to the other as he waited for the door to be answered.
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When he reached the stone he stood looking at it, shifting it with his foot .
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Belinda shifted her sandalled feet nervously, wondering suddenly if Deana had decided to hang around until the mythical sailor showed up.
gear
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I just keep it spinning until it gets to a point where it's not making more power and then shift gears .
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Ever since, though, the work on her characters' background has shifted into high gear and stayed there.
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There's good torque for clean response and brisk pick-up after shifting gear , but high-end engine output is nothing startling.
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In the next few years the Supreme Court may shift gears or even reverse course.
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It'd take all of you to shift the gear lever.
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Legal troubles are piling up for President and Mrs Clinton just as his campaign for re-election is shifting into full gear .
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Engines with good torque back-up handle a wide load changes without the need to shift gear .
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She shifts into high gear and gets out of the house, down the hill and over to Starbucks in record time.
ground
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She felt a giddy sensation of ground shifting under her feet.
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The ground shifted two decades ago when the information age arrived, and intelligence became the chief asset of corporations.
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Her shoulder protested at the hardness of the ground , and she shifted , trying to ease it.
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He has continued to cling to the middle ground , but that ground has been shifting .
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The ground can shift beneath your feet without warning, especially in a place as fluidly unpredictable as the Sierra Leonean bush.
position
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She shifted her position and adjusted the fine wool of her skirt over her bony knees.
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To achieve electoral success, pragmatic parties might shift their position or expand the range of viewpoints they encompass.
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She felt very tired and as she shifted position she detected an ache in her left hip.
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Congressman Ashley from Toledo, Ohio, originally opposed including the counties but eventually shifted his position to get the bill passed.
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Obtain as much information as you can about his argument, his willingness to shift from the present position .
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There is a vast continuum between bureaucratic behavior and entrepreneurial behavior, and government can surely shift its position on that spectrum.
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There was some shifting of positions .
power
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The reason was that none of these reforms shifted the balance of power within the social structure of the village.
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That decision shifted the balance of power away from Wall Street specialists.
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This shifts the balance of power towards leasing companies and vehicle hire groups.
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They have be-come a standard instrument of government that shifts the power to make policy directly to the voters.
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Finally, the reforms aimed to shift the balance of power in determining use of resources from hospital doctors to general practitioners.
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The treaty would have shifted power from the central government to the nine republics that had agreed to sign it.
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The fact that a majority did vote for them has shifted the balance of power back towards the reformers.
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Most of the changes suggested so far would shift some of those powers to parliament.
responsibility
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No one can shift responsibility on to others or trade off their resources.
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Penney also shifted the responsibilities and titles of several other executives in different regions.
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But the move to shift legal responsibility for correct labelling on to the shopkeeper has shocked trade organisations.
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That has been changing, with contracts shifting a growing responsibility for premiums and / or costs to workers.
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Regretfully traditional inspection often shifts the focus of responsibility for the quality of performance away from the person carrying out the work.
right
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About four years ago, Mr Rafsanjani shifted to the right , voicing the reformist policies that the post-war era craved.
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For example, a rise in national income will cause L 1 to increase, and thus L will shift to the right .
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The sales constraint on firms will progressively diminish and the function will shift to the right .
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The marginal physical product of labour curve shifts to the right .
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As a result, the equilibrium shown above shifts to the right .
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Its centre of gravity had shifted markedly to the right .
seat
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Joshua shifted uneasily in his seat and wished they would hurry up.
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The audience was silent, shifting in their seats , looking at their shoes.
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Miguel opened his eyes and shifted in his seat .
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There was much nervous shifting in seats .
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Poor sullen-faced campesinos shifting uneasily on their seats .
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Pat shifted uncomfortably in her seat .
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He shifted in his seat a bit.
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He shifted in his seat , half at his ease, and lit a cigar.
weight
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He shifted his weight so that his body brushed lightly against hers.
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One hip shifted her weight to that side, and suddenly every angle softly flowed into another.
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You can make the bike move up to 1.5 metres in a corner just by shifting your weight .
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He was frantically shifting his weight from side to side.
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The blonde student woke early in Devon, and shifted under the sleeping weight of his arm.
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However divorce is as effective as dieting for shifting stubborn weight !
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It crunched under her boots as she shifted her weight .
■ VERB
begin
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At their feet the edge of the net began to shift off the deck.
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Within months, immigrants and their smuggler guides began shifting their routes east, into the mountains near Tecate.
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But as they acquired managerial competence, the balance began to shift .
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Then he began to shift the first screen and leaned it against an adjoining stretch of wall.
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In-house information technology people began to shift from building customized applications to helping their companies choose wisely among open systems vendors.
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They began to shift and move away.
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Prosecutors said the Freemans panicked and began shifting millions of dollars in investors' money from bank to bank.
try
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Still, this ploy of trying to shift people with sounds is clearly catching on.
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Wilson will try again to shift more trial-court funding to the state, easing a little of the burden on counties.
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You don't know how many coffin nails nor what weight of earth you're trying to shift .
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Now the question before you and Tom is whether he should continue to try or should he shift roles?
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So what are we to do? Try once more to shift a paradigm?
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Time after time, ministers have tried to shift the blame for rising unemployment to the down-turn in the world economy.
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They realised that dragging Ollie le Roux was like trying to shift a house.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
move/shift the goalposts
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It has been subtly shifting the goalposts of what can be done in and through art.
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The answer to failure and sin is not to move the goalposts but to repent and try again.
shift/move your arse
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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shifting attitudes toward homosexuality
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Blood stains are very difficult to shift .
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Come on Des, give me a hand to shift these and then we can go home.
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I've washed the tablecloth three times, but I can't seem to shift these stains.
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Investors were shifting funds from U.S. to Asian stocks.
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She shifted her gaze from me to Bobby with a look of suspicion.
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Tell Alan to shift his feet so Maggie can sit down.
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The building's foundation has shifted, which is why there are cracks in the plaster.
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The leather armchair creaked as Roberts shifted his bulk.
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The sofa is stuck in the doorway and I can't shift it.
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The sun had shifted to the west.
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There's no point trying to shift the car by ourselves -- we'll have to get a truck to pull us out.
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There is a strong need to shift more resources toward health care.
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When are you going to shift all this rubbish? It's making the place look a real mess.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But if the expected rate of inflation changes then the Phillips curve will shift .
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However, the bullet in Rocio brain is moving, shifting.
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It could also hurt the software industry, although companies working on the Internet Box say it would just shift software sales.
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Notice also that the distribution is shifted to higher speeds at a higher temperature.
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The planet as a whole will be moving with respect to the Earth, and this will shift all wavelengths in the pulse.
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The text on the screen will shift to the left, some off the edge of the screen and out of view.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dramatic
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After 1715 we see a sudden and dramatic shift in the leadership of both parties.
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With this dramatic and disorienting shift in the way corporations structure themselves comes a change in business Ianguage.
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The literature of the time provides ample evidence of a dramatic shift in public attitudes.
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By himself, Woods can create dramatic ratings shifts on national television by playing in a tournament, any tournament.
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We need to reduce the demand for travel and see a dramatic shift towards public transport, cycling and walking.
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Environmental policy subsequently underwent dramatic shifts in both stride and direction.
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The most dramatic shift is between the years 1971 and 1978.
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There has been a dramatic shift of population since the 1950s: hunting-and-fishing settlements gave way to small towns.
early
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The place was almost empty: he was having lunch early because he was working the early shift .
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The chronicles and histories of most nations include this early stage of shift from local parochialism to centralized authority.
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There was a whole transport of people in the station coming home from early shift .
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People on early shift were heading purposefully to work.
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On Wednesdays the early shift stopped work to hear the Minister's nationwide broadcast.
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The last meal is scheduled early because of the shift rota operated by officers.
fundamental
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Will he effect a fundamental and long-term shift in Britain's tax and spend regime?
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Over the years, there have been fundamental shifts in policy and strategy as attitudes toward the rural poor wax and wane.
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The skill with which Coenwulf conserved Offa's imperium, however, can obscure some fundamental shifts of emphasis.
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The fundamental shift in their self-concepts was well under way.
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The fundamental shift towards allowing outside concessions to take new exploration areas, represents good long-term opportunities for the Wood Group.
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The fundamental shift is from provider to enabler.
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A fundamental shift in the emerging essence of the fishnet organization is the recasting of problems as dilemmas.
gradual
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This involvement testifies to a gradual shift of emphasis from the sectarian to the collaborative.
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That gradual shift in attitudes was first seen in the 1992 presidential debates between Bill Clinton and George Bush.
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This is a gradual shift in social attitudes.
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Those last years saw a gradual shift from the somnambulance and uncertain awakenings of my earlier time in college.
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With the end of the medieval period, however, a gradual shift in viewpoint took place.
great
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Within twenty years and a mere ten thousand foxes, the farmers saw a great shift in their charges.
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The great shift toward less fatty beef and more chicken is a great, heart-healthy move.
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The Hot Autumn marked a greater shift in the balance of power between labour and capital than occurred elsewhere.
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So there it stands, a symbol of the great shift in southern politics.
late
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Ed Williams often worked late shifts as a chemical operator for the Albemarle Co., arriving home before dawn.
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Working the late shift is hard.
major
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At this intraregional scale the resuIt has been a major shift in the urban-rural balance of manufacturing industry.
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His top offensive threats are two temperamental sophomores, and he made a major schematic shift in midseason.
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Greatly increased taxes and a major shift back to defence expenditure could be the least of our worries.
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Either Mrs David has had an enormous impact on her countrymen or a major paradigm shift has occurred.
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This book explores the idea of major economic shifts being on the agenda.
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And third, in the last few centuries there has been a major shift of population to seaside cities.
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A key concept in understanding such major shifts , and relating them to wider economic change, is uneven development.
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Can we expect a major shift to closed circuit?
radical
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But future Budgets need more radical shifts .
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The prospect of radical shifts in urban policy faded just as quickly.
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The prospect of artificial intelligence and life online has contributed to a radical shift in interpersonal relations.
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Then there is the potential for a radical shift in the billing of telephone calls.
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Science itself had undergone a radical shift since the Great War.
significant
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So 1987/88 showed a significant shift in the balance of National Certificate entries.
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Elections held this spring, for instance, presented a significant shift away from direct party political involvement in the Association.
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But although change is ever-present, some periods seem to see greater and more significant shifts than others.
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This has given the impression of a significant shift of resources in their direction.
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There has, for example, been a significant shift in investment from the public to the private sector.
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The Act marks the most significant shift in direction of the education service since that of 1944.
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This specifically educational definition has of course continued, but its adoption by artists marks a significant shift .
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The sixteenth century saw a significant shift in authority in Lewes.
subtle
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But some underlying patterning remains, despite the intervening years and the subtle shifts in values and beliefs.
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Although subtle , this shift demonstrates what health professionals see as a change in priority.
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Its subtle body shift has the power to nullify a forceful attack from an opponent.
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There also was a subtle shift in defensive emphasis and a major one on offense that combined to save them from themselves.
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This subtle shift has a great deal to do with the current fashion accessory of an eligible husband rather than an eligible boss.
sudden
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After 1715 we see a sudden and dramatic shift in the leadership of both parties.
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They are used by sophisticated investors to insulate themselves from losses due to sudden market shifts .
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Why the sudden shift in sentiment?
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Firms that provide swaps buy or sell U. S. Treasuries to hedge against sudden interest rate shifts .
■ NOUN
day
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The night shift finished; the day shift take over.
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One time they switched me from the night shift to the day shift, so I worked sixteen hours straight.
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They even have day shifts and night shifts.
gear
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Her gear shifts sounded like twenty cooks pushing trays of silverware into an industrial-strength garbage disposal.
graveyard
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Reid reportedly worked as a stock clerk on the graveyard shift at a Wal-Mart in Mountain View.
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I worked the graveyard shift and she would wake me up.
night
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Check the night shift log book for any messages or matters to be dealt with. 2.
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When afternoon came, a doctor asked Martha if she would take the night shift and care for Ted herself.
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Half-way through his night shift , coppersmith Norman was paralysed by a rare disease.
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She went on the night shift in the pneumonia ward, where she helped dispense care and medicine.
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The night shift finished; the day shift take over.
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Unlike other law enforcement agencies, there are no standard day, evening and night shifts at the sheriff's department.
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Occasionally he will get in early to see the morning shift or stay late for the night shift.
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One time they switched me from the night shift to the day shift, so I worked sixteen hours straight.
paradigm
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Either Mrs David has had an enormous impact on her countrymen or a major paradigm shift has occurred.
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Can we expect to see a paradigm shift , where people want to drive less?
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To wit, a paradigm shift .
policy
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In the longer term, the new Child Support Agency represents a major policy shift .
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While the federal policy shift began a decade ago, forest managers have been slow to put it into practice.
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Signs of a policy shift towards a more protectionist approach have already been detected.
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So each played it by ear, with resulting policy shifts that often appeared to be not only sudden but incomprehensible.
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The policy shift was triggered by a sharp increase in violent crimes committed by young offenders during the late 1980s.
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But it would signal a policy shift by the central bank that could crimp the economy severely later on.
stick
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Guys who love the way a stick shift or a remote feels in their hands.
system
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Industrial relations became strained when the post office abolished a flexible shift system at the SWindon branch.
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A shift system has been introduced at Broughton.
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Tilne - some organisations operate on a shift system so the structure is based around a particular shift.
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A shift system that improves junior doctors' working conditions is unlikely to save money.
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A sleep profile for some one on such a shift system is shown in Fig. 2.4.
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A two shift system was introduced in this department to coincide with the shift working in the underframe shop.
work
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She used to be a typist and is married to a car patrolman on shift work .
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Those on shift work generally found it fairly easy to change with a friend, provided sufficient warning was available.
worker
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As a shift worker , I am able to play during the week.
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We got up at 6 a.m. to start making bacon and tomato butties for the Co-op Bakery and homeward-bound shift workers .
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On Friday 6 June night shift workers again took unofficial action when a mixed material containing asbestos dust spilled.
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Aside from shift workers , which groups of people are disproportionately liable to be stopped and questioned by the police?
■ VERB
cause
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The variable we are interested in here is the variable which has caused the shift in the aggregate demand curve.
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He claimed that the site was geologically unsound and any stress caused by a shift in water levels could cause an earthquake.
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Again, we can expect long-term influences such as increasing income and wealth to cause a rightward shift of the demand curve.
involve
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Part of this new regulation has involved a shift towards central rather than local control.
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The history of how humans learned to love zero involves startling shifts in metaphysics, mathematics and science.
mark
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It was decisive, in that it was marked by a shift in the character of the student body.
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A border is a dividing line marking an abrupt shift between two separate, sometimes antagonistic, entities.
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And such changes mark a decisive shift away from local democracy.
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Between 1988 and 2000, the workforce will undergo a marked shift .
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The Act marks the most significant shift in direction of the education service since that of 1944.
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This specifically educational definition has of course continued, but its adoption by artists marks a significant shift .
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The move appears to mark a significant shift in Government policy.
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It marks a decisive shift on the part of the Sri Lankan government to sacrifice self-reliance for the possibility of increased foreign revenues.
occur
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Research into technological innovation has generally assumed that although shifts have occurred they have been within a stable organisational framework.
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Such shifts have occurred just twice in the last century.
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The Smith-Thomson critique offers no causal explanation of precisely why shifts have occurred in the balance of community and state provision.
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The question is thus worth asking why this shift of emphasis has occurred .
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The second shift occurs when both the centre of orientation and the related objects are excluded from the canonical situation.
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Either Mrs David has had an enormous impact on her countrymen or a major paradigm shift has occurred .
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A shift in orientation has occurred in just the last ten years.
reflect
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It now appears that much of the change whose initial signs he spotted did in fact reflect a climatic shift .
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As insurers made changes at different times, sales levels z fluctuated reflecting the shifts .
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This rate has dipped significantly in the last two years reflecting the shift in priorities of the government's cultural policy.
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The multimillion-dollar hard sell for psychiatric drugs reflects a striking shift in attitudes toward mental illness.
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At the same time, recent Social Service legislation reflects a shift in Government policy.
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The protocol reflected the continuing shift in favour of environmental protection, while recognizing the extent of differences which remained.
represent
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They represent a shift in the social division of labour related to changes in the organization of manufacturing production.
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We sometimes say that this represents the shift from compliance-based organizations to commitment-based organizations.
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Suggests that this could represent a permanent shift in the housing market.
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We could as well say that it represents a shift from requirements to desires.
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The changes in the early 1970s were modifications of existing procedure and did not represent a major shift in emphasis.
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In the longer term, the new Child Support Agency represents a major policy shift .
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In that respect, the White Paper represents a major shift in decision-making about health care priorities.
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Above: The introduction of a transition curve requires a lateral shift of the line.
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We are offended by reports which contradict our views; they require a total structural shift in our understanding of marriage.
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To think in these terms requires a shift in the way humans conceive of time, the researchers said.
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So 1987/88 showed a significant shift in the balance of National Certificate entries.
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A new Time magazine poll shows a huge shift among women who voted against Clinton in 1992 but prefer him now.
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They show that the crucial shift to self-fertilization in the cultivated plant involves but a single gene.
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In this case, the supply response is shown by a shift of the curve.
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P.P. showed no consistent shifts of gaze to a target.
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Its falling demand for bills is shown by an upward shift of the demand curve to.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shift/move your arse
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He is very worried about the shift towards free market thinking in Eastern Europe.
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The new emphasis on human rights was a shift away from the policies of Nixon.
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There has been a big shift in attitudes towards sex during the past 50 years.
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We've seen a marked shift in our approach to the social issues.
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At Ellesmere Port a foreman and seven fitters run a 24 hour operation in two main shifts.
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But what kind of shift is involved?
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It required six technicians to operate it on each shift .
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Members of all three shifts were milling about the circular room: repeating rumours, distorting facts and generally hyping themselves up.
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The circuit of a 2-bit shift register is shown in Fig. 18.
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The great shift toward less fatty beef and more chicken is a great, heart-healthy move.
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With the end of the medieval period, however, a gradual shift in viewpoint took place.