Mr. Johnson, like a number of other leaders of the push to leave the European Union, said there was no need to rush to set in motion the legal procedure — invoking a provision known as Article 50 — that would formally sever ties between Britain and the bloc.
And that set in motion the normal procedure.
Franklin D. Roosevelt set in motion the U.S. atomic-bomb project.
The hit set in motion the three-run burst.
Thus set in motion, the poem evolves into increasing discomfort.
This would then set in motion a procedure that could lead to a Member State losing its right to vote in the Council.
Mr. Nixon, signing the bill at headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dan gerous Drugs, set in motion new procedures for controlling the legitimate manufacture and sale of drugs, tough enforce ment tools aimed at illegal drug trafficking and expanded ed ucation and rehabilitation pro grams.
Officials said these measures would set in motion procedures under which legal objections could be filed against the action, possibly blocking temporarily an investigation of account records.
At one point during last Monday's all-night session, Baron Trefgarne, a Conservative, drew gasps from other Lords when, saying he was fed up with the "abuse of the procedures of this house," set in motion a procedural tool to bring an end to debate on the amendment in question — the first time such a tool has been used in 40 years, and only the sixth or seventh time since 1900.
On Wednesday the firm set in motion a "top kill" procedure to stem the leak by plugging it with mud.
On Wednesday the firm set in motion a "top kill" procedure to stem the leak by essentially plugging it with mud, and the firm offered word Thursday the experimental procedure seems to be working.
