And the focus this year has shifted decisively away from it.

Hirschman s interests shifted away from economic development over the course of his illustrious career.

COPENHAGEN Political rhetoric has shifted away from the need to respond to the generational challenge of climate change.

The focus has shifted.

In 1922 Essex introduced the first affordable enclosed automobile (sedan), which shifted the auto industry away from open vehicles to meet consumer demand for enclosed automobiles.

It merely shifted from left to right.

The low per capita income adjustment was also a vital element of the methodology, since it ensured that the burden was shifted away from those countries least able to pay.

These parties have shifted the regional balance of power away from secular governments, and Putin blames the United States for empowering them through its attempts to impose democracy on the region.

Leadership of the reform process has shifted away from the Bonn mandated Judicial Reform Commission to the Supreme Court, the Office of the Attorney General and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Thus, insidiously, the burden of proof is shifted.

Today, however, the eurozone s attention has shifted to growth.

Bush's objective, however, was not to maintain the strength of the economy it was to push forward a tax agenda that shifted the burden away from those who could best afford to bear it.

And yet, until a year or two ago, some political pundits were asking, Who lost Turkey? or Whither Turkey? the assumption being that Turkey had shifted its foreign policy axis away from the West.

Over the last few years, development aid has shifted away from thematic projects, towards broader programmes and direct budget support this makes it harder to monitor the level of ODA to the forest sector.

Gradually, the SCO shifted its focus to fighting Islamic radicals.

Goal posts should not be selectively shifted beyond legal obligations.

Sami's brush with death shifted his focus from business to religion.

They have shifted from defensive to offensive Iraqi led security initiatives.

Nevertheless, the national consensus has shifted, shaking all assumptions about Israeli politics.

Monetary policy itself has shifted to a far greater focus on inflation.

The economic structure was shifted along the line of industrialization and modernization.

Politically, however, the agreement amounts to a small revolution, because it has shifted the balance of power within the eurozone Germany is strong, but not strong enough to get away with isolating itself completely from Europe s other major players.

Failure to design an effective fiscal stimulus shifted the burden to monetary policy.

Second, and more important, voter attitudes have shifted significantly during the past decade.

The good news is that the intellectual climate has shifted decisively against them.

The forecasters have now shifted their predictions of 3 plus growth to 2011.

During this period, American Ballet Theatre shifted its focus to recruiting ballet stars.

By doing so, Roosevelt and those who followed in his footsteps shifted the consensus.

So, if the mission of reconciliation has any life left, its focus has shifted.

The city centre shifted from the Old City to the new Train Station quarter.

Circumstances have changed. Regional balances have shifted. The world's needs and challenges have evolved.

Seduced by China s spectacular growth, the region shifted from US to China centric export growth.

Above all, liabilities have simply been shifted around the global economy, which cannot continue indefinitely.

At the Yaroslavl meeting with Medvedev, attention shifted to the connection between democracy and modernization.

In 2008, the crew shifted to using Wacom Cintiqs for the drawings instead of pencils.

The focus of Russian naval activities shifted back from the Far East to the Baltic.

During those years Argentine Armed Forces shifted to Western European countries and Israel for supplies.

Emphasis has now shifted on implementing a country wide programme of disarming illegal armed groups.

The role of the hymn in this way shifted from a religious to a political context.

During recent decades, development thinking has shifted from modernization and structural adjustment programs to poverty reduction.

Since the 1990s private finance has shifted from international syndicated bank lending to international bond issues.

In addition to activities supporting the intergovernmental process, the emphasis shifted increasingly towards mandated implementation activities.

For the past 20 years, it looked as if power was being shifted to a technocratic elite.

During the last ten years its operations have gradually shifted ever more to focusing on scheduled flights.

During 1964 the Lei Feng campaign shifted gradually from doing good deeds to a cult of Mao.