21.   Countless companies have shifted their business to midtown or outside the city altogether.

22.   Costs rose as the company shifted its emphasis from research-based revenues to the sale of commercial products.

23.   During the past seven years, the company has shifted most of its memory chip production to joint ventures.

24.   Earlier this decade, Japanese companies shifted production closer to their parts suppliers in other Asian countries.

25.   Finlaw said the shutdown occurred at a time when the company was shifting to new product lines.

26.   Greater self-reliance will come in handy as many brand-name companies shift emphasis from seniority-based employment to merit-based systems.

27.   He added that the company has shifted its primary objective from expanding sales to cutting costs.

28.   Gordon Shank, president of Levi Strauss, the Americas, insisted that the company is not shifting work to cheaper overseas operations.

29.   However, the company will shift its focus to high-speed modems for access to the Internet and online services.

30.   However, the company shifted its strategy and moved into TV-equipment businesses, help by Seoul-based LG Electronics Inc.