Sentence examples for stage for progress from inspiring English sources

"Cable television was first," he continued, "but the effect of allowing the new information services to compete in a more open environment set the stage for progress in the technologies to come, including the Internet and cellular".

If Obama can engineer a compromise to avert the cliff with the freshly reelected Republican House, he could set the stage for progress on other second-term priorities, including immigration reform, climate change and investments in education and manufacturing.

At a Brookings Institution forum last week, Beijing's ambassador to the US, Zhou Wenzhong, said China and America, by working together, could help set the stage for progress at the climate change meeting in Copenhagen in December.

Jeff Abramson, a senior analyst at the Arms Control Association, a private group in Washington, said the new policy "sets the stage for progress in space arms control — without getting into specifics".

By agreeing on a definition of ESG and its importance, managements and boards can set the stage for progress.

As with Obama and health care, what Ike did was important beyond the specific bill that passed; he breached a barrier that seemed impenetrable; he set the stage for progress.

The sequencing of the tuberculosis bacterium's genome sets the stage for significant progress in TB research (Week in Review, June 14).

Environmental advances along with the establishment of new consumer protections and federal aid to education set the stage for more progress in later years.

They say that even modest steps, taken soon, could set the stage for more progress, in the same manner that this year's troop "surge" opened the way, unexpectedly, for drawing Sunni tribesmen to the American side.

We review the major advances in pancreatic cancer therapy during the last 5 years, and discuss how these have set the stage for greater progress in the near future.

"This agreement sets the stage for further progress on IPR issues in Russia through the next phase of multilateral negotiations, during which the United States and other WTO members will examine Russia's IPR regime," states the document.