Sentence examples for set in motion a program from inspiring English sources
The 1992 Summer Olympics were a catalyst to set in motion a program of public works, including new parks, renovated and remodeled older buildings, a redesigned waterfront and new buildings by architects of international standing.
Before he left office, Obama set in motion a secret program that authorized the deployment of "implants" in Russian networks.
Before he left office, Obama set in motion a secret program that authorized the deployment of "implants" in Russian networks – digital bombs that could be triggered in a retaliatory cyber-strike in the event of Moscow aggression.
Further, by situating the fair on a former industrial wasteland, the Government has set in motion a vast program of urban renewal that includes construction of the stunning 10-mile-long Vasco da Gama Bridge across the Tagus River and of a new Oriente railroad station designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
In one of its most ambitious undertakings, the Japanese Government plans this week to set in motion a far-reaching program that it hopes will infuse the country's financial landscape with the prowess of its manufacturing industries.
As the number of cases exploded in mid-2014, they set in motion a vast research program that operated at breakneck speed.
The mayor has also set in motion an ambitious program to repave the streets of the historic center and replace aging drainage pipes.
He pledged to set in motion a vast public housing program that would build one million units in 10 years to house every shantytown resident around the country.
Then, six months later, Mr. Schuster took over and set in motion a far more ambitious program intended to turn Museum Island into a Louvre on the Spree.
To accompany his publicly funded municipal hospitals, he also set in motion a subsidized health-insurance program, which began operating just before he died in 1947.
The government has also set in motion an unprecedented relief program in which monthly cash subsidies, up to 1,400 pesos (about $33), will be distributed to the poorest families.
