Sentence examples for setting in motion a process from inspiring English sources

When Guillaume de Machaut wrote his setting of the Mass, probably in the 1360's, he was creating the first big composition in musical history and setting in motion a process that still continues.

But others are likely to seek to have their suspensions overturned, setting in motion a process in which lawyers for the accused can examine baseball's evidence and request a hearing in front of Horowitz, who will rule on their appeals.

NEW ORLEANS — Justice Department officials on Thursday released the findings of a 10-month investigation into this city's Police Department, revealing a force that is profoundly and alarmingly troubled and setting in motion a process for its wholesale reform.

After denying for 14 years that he had bet on baseball, Pete Rose admits in a new book that he did, thus setting in motion a process that may win him reinstatement to baseball and election to the Hall of Fame.

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that endanger public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that will lead to the regulation of the gases for the first time in the United States.

Four billion years ago, the first simple life emerged in Earth's oceans, setting in motion a process driven by Darwinian competition and pure dumb luck that resulted in everything from E. coli to oak trees, from tyrannosaurs to people.

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

Once filed, it could set in motion a process that could take months or even years.

The declaration should set in motion a process for defining common political, economic and social goals.

They set in motion a process that led to a complete overhaul of the documentary selection process.

"I was pleased to be involved in trying to set in motion a process of healing and under standing.