A gradual transition was under way from a 'highgrowth era to a relatively stable growth era', he said.

Call it a conscious uncoupling if you will, a gradual transition from being owned by big business back into an independent company of his own.

In giving up the party leadership but remaining in the chancellery, she had hoped to usher in a gradual transition to a new era.

Instead, he brought a quiet, patient determination to his task of effecting the gradual transition to police primacy, which started to become a reality in his time.

These days it's all about a gradual transition through flexible working, re-skilling and accommodating my later-life aspirations.