But small but discernible shift in attitude toward the issue of chemical sensitivity.

As Pearce progressed in his career, he found that there was a discernible shift in his management priorities.

There has been a discernible shift in public attitudes since the storms of 1992 shifted miles of sand from exclusive beach towns, which quickly demanded more Federal and state aid.

Administration officials predicted that Mr. Rubin's appointment would not result in any immediately discernible shift in economic policies because he and Mr. Bentsen collaborated closely.

Hence, to ascribe the discernible shift in the 1970s from so-called monetarism to the force of domestic political change is to confuse cause with effect.

In two very different and important nations, there's a discernible shift away from the long-held belief that voters are allergic to any increase in nonnuclear defense spending.

The next instant, with no discernible shift, he was staring into frigid twilit darkness.

The defense team assembled by the White House offered few new arguments against impeachment, but there was a discernible shift in approach.

And there's been a slight but discernible shift in its course.

Instead, there was a discernible shift in the direction from which the flyers seemed to be coming, and everyone else heard it too.