Taken together, these changes represented a decisive shift in favour of the secular power.

Single-handedly, he had brought about a decisive shift of feeling.

But diplomats said the general's statements, while sharp, did not mark a decisive shift in policy.

In fact, the first baron had brought about a decisive shift in the family's economic activities.

And such changes mark a decisive shift away from local democracy.

One of the policies needs to be a decisive shift from existing taxes to land value taxation.

That would amount to a decisive shift for China, which until recently seemed to want to become the developing world's leader in biotechnology.

We are witnessing a decisive shift in world history.

Peter could afford to be lenient, as the war was a decisive shift in the European balance of power.

However, his lifetime saw a decisive shift in the family's interests.