"commenced towards" is a correct and usable phrase used in written English.
It can be used to describe the start of a journey or process. For example, "The family commenced their journey towards the beach."
The land reclamation commenced towards the end of 1941 along with the construction of an RAF camp at the "North Front", now RAF Gibraltar.
One of the last episodes of Captain Scarlet to be produced, filming for "Attack on Cloudbase" commenced towards the end of October 1967.
HAART is usually commenced towards the end of a long period of increased TB risk [ 32] and although associated with a reduction in TB incidence, [ 3, 21, 23, 24, 33] this is off-set to some degree by increased survival and consequent longer period at risk.
No doubt thrilling, there is much to prepare for by seniors as they commence towards commencement and onto the rest of their lives.
One sibling's parents described a period of three weeks whereby the sibling was quiet and withdrawn commencing towards the end of the support group.
Some Israeli government officials opined in 2002 that the armed Fatah sub-group al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades commenced attacks towards Israel in order to compete with Hamas.
Founded in 1986, Regent's commenced its progress towards degree awarding powers and university title in 2007 and since then, it has undergone an intensive scrutiny process led by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce).
A man behind me yelled blessings to the dead as we commenced our walk towards the Medina graveyard.
The next day the Australians commenced their advance south towards the village of Finschhafen, about 5.6 mile south of the landing beach, with the 2/15th Infantry Battalion leading the way to the Bumi River.
Starting in December, the division commenced a limited offensive, advancing towards the main Japanese base at Wewak along the coast and through the Torricelli Mountains to Maprik, which the Japanese had been using for sustainment, having established a number of gardens there.
But the young Israelis celebrated their withdrawal -- or, as some would put it, 'their discomfiture' -- and released "peace doves," unmindful of the downhill slide, even towards illegitimacy, that had commenced and has not let up even to this day.
