Their gradual advance must have taken the better part of another hour.

No one knew how the next social advance would take place.

From here, the advance on the Nile and through the desert could take place simultaneously.

The initial advance took the battalion to what they thought was the feature "Snipe".

However, the current situation is likely to change over the next few years, as major advances in technology take place.

These advances may take five years, 10 years or more, but they are not so far off now, he said.

Significant advances in chemistry also took place during the scientific revolution.

Charles' overnight advance took longer than anticipated and it was well after dawn that he approached the field with 30,000 troops.

He was trying to run, but his advance took the form of semi-circular sweeps all over the pavement.

She had written them after the time she said the advance took place.