1.   For power has been shifted away from us.

2.   The treaty would have shifted power from the central government to the nine republics that had agreed to sign it.

3.   They have be-come a standard instrument of government that shifts the power to make policy directly to the voters.

4.   Although majority controlled by private interests, the Bank engaged in actions perceived to shift power to the federal government.

5.   An extreme possibility, one that would demand a constitutional amendment, would be to shift power into a federal structure.

6.   And they complained that GOP proposals to shift power from Washington to states could merely end up moving around bureaucracies rather than increasing flexibility and reducing red tape.

7.   At worst, it actually increases poverty, worsens social divisions and shifts power from people and governments to multinational corporations.

8.   A new law shifted the power to the seven-member civilian commission.

9.   Aiming at the structure of government, the bill under debate on the House floor seeks to shift power to state and local governments after decades of federal ascendancy.

10.   Bush and his appointees can use a variety of instruments to shift power to the states.