It's a welcome shift, though the new Laborite gift horse comes with a mouthful of old teeth.

After such a sobering farewell to the rainforest our final two days brought a welcome shift.

These notions reflect a gradual and welcome shift in arms control thinking.

For many, it was a welcome shift, and revealed Operation Rescue's greatest weakness.

This emphasis on getting families out of the hotels represents a welcome shift.

That will be a welcome shift in policy, if the administration sticks to its word.

His proposals may show a welcome shift in position.

The philosophy marks a welcome shift from earlier Conservative policy.

The increased recognition of the threat from nuclear terrorism reflects a welcome shift in international understanding.

We've seen a welcome shift from polemics to peacekeeping.