Sentence examples for it set in motion from inspiring English sources

When Motorola mot announced its planned acquisition of General Instrument gic for $11 billion earlier this week, it set in motion a process that will transform Motorola into the largest set-top maker in the world.

Despite being one of the countries hit by the tail end of Mitch, it set in motion one of the largest airlifts in its history.

It set in motion a rapid chain of events.

It set in motion the events that produced immense forcible displacement in the region.

Instead, it set in motion a process with more twists and turns than the presidential election.

Instead, it set in motion events that led quickly to German reunification on 3 October 1990.

Managing at Yale, however, is more than a training curriculum — it sets in motion the fundamentals needed to help transform Yale's culture.

And it sets in motion what is likely to be a long, politically perilous process that will increase taxes in many of the wealthiest areas of the county.

When a business orders broadband, it sets in motion a multi-stage process involving bartering deals, on-site visits, permits, digging up roads and eventually the installation.

For Mr. Modi and his party, such rhetoric is the path to one more election victory, but the changes it sets in motion are not easy to reverse.

But the groups claim that filling out the form made them complicit in providing contraception, since it sets in motion a process in which the government provides the coverage.