The phrase "and the gradual process" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a slow or incremental change or development in a particular context.
Example: "The project requires patience, as it involves and the gradual process of building trust within the community."
Alternatives: "and the slow progression" or "and the incremental development".
The Nets practiced at their new arena for the first time Sunday, testing the rims, sizing up the sight lines and the backdrops, and beginning the gradual process of acclimating to new surroundings.
The police may say we're trespassing, you may say we're just plain out of our minds, but we like to say we're artists and explorers, photographing and documenting the gradual process of urban decay.
The staff who were in place were preoccupied with the basic tasks of administering the healthcare system, coordinating donor/NGO activity, and beginning the gradual process of transferring responsibility for healthcare functions to municipalities.
This function-based analysis performed here enables us to use genomic data in order to identify lineage-specific functional innovations, understand their contribution in the wider context of metabolic networks, and outline the gradual process of species evolution.
Moving frenetically from site to site can cheat us of these moments to connect with what surrounds us and may disturb the gradual process of growing strong memories.
However, the breakdown of trading by nationality is itself an innovation, brought in by Tadawul in January, and is symptomatic of the gradual process of opening up the Saudi financial system.
As a result, the metallic filament forms due to the gradual process and the memory device switches from HRS to LRS, which is known as the SET process (Figure 20a).
Life on Earth proceeds through the gradual process of variation and selection, with the struggle for existence shaping its forms.
The gradual process bit is interesting, because respondent x and I have spoken about that.
