Another camp holds that the unexpected shifts in strategy caused by changes to the number of players is an asset rather than a weakness.

Short of an unexpected and seismic shift, it will represent, in more ways than one, the end of a road.

He added, however: "This is not an unexpected shift.

The show experienced an unexpected shift during an early episode.

But an unexpected shift in the winds blew the fire back onto itself.

If so, what could have caused this unexpected shift?

An entire career can be lost in a single gaffe or an unexpected shift in the national mood.

A structural break appears when we see an unexpected shift in a (macroeconomic) time series.

Even more words have had unexpected shifts in meaning in those two decades.

It also alienated many fans, who had a hard time trying to cope with the unexpected shift in the band's musical style .