Various members noted that the agreement was a reflection of a sharp and continuing shift in public opinion against smoking.

Of course there are challenges as we adjust to sharp shifts in economic growth and power.

Yesterday marked a sharp shift in many investors' thinking about the economy, interest rates and, perhaps, equities.

Once that was over she performed one of her sharp shifts of subject.

The sharp shift in mood came after hours of closed debate.

Otherwise, the sharp shift to the darker moods of the last seven songs cannot make its full emotional effect.

A divorce would be another sharp shift in a life recently shaped by setbacks.

The signs of a sharp directional shift are quite clear.

Yet a sharp shift took hold of the company in the 1980's.

The action represents a sharp shift, and it has raised eyebrows outside the state.