The phrase "a gentle transition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a smooth and gradual change from one state or condition to another.
Example: "The project aims to create a gentle transition from traditional methods to more modern practices in the workplace."
Alternatives: "a smooth shift" or "a gradual change".
The answer is not for "formal" education to begin earlier, but the evidence in favour of state funding for play-based, nursery settings from the age of two – followed by a gentle transition into school life – is clear.
This does not mean "formal" education should begin earlier, rather there should be state funding for play-based, nursery settings from the age of two, followed by a gentle transition into school.
[She] works with people at all stages of the healing process from those going through a gentle transition to those releasing severe past trauma".
I understand the need to make everyone comfortable to keep things moving along - and I'm strongly in favor of helping those working in industries like coal that will go away - but I fear that the time for a gentle transition may have passed us.
Mr. Boudin's choice of tone-on-tone cream silk wallcovering instead of blue -- which made the room a gentler transition between the vivid Green and Red Rooms flanking it -- has been replaced by tone-on-tone cream wallpaper peppered with medallions.
Incubators provide a gentler transition from the world of academia-to-business, and they're cheaper than going it alone.
This could be a great opportunity for you to pitch a sidebar idea on creating a gentler transition for families of divorce.
For years, many black South Africans have waited, patiently, for the fruits of democracy - guided by Mandela's vision of a gentle, negotiated transition.
Brazil's dictatorship produced victims, but no culprits.That gentle transition has served Brazil well.
Instead of gentle transitions -- easing from overcoat to jacket to shirtsleeves -- the temperature swoops and dives like a phoebe feeding on the wing.
With gentle transitions rather than the usual peremptory jerk, he cuts back and forth between the two men and their homes.
