People have lost their aspirations and are happy with small economic advances.

To his surprise the press accepted the manuscript and sent a small advance.

"A small advance against any good and worthy service I might render to my nation."

Abandoning all other paid work, he spent the next two years propped up with one small advance after another.

And many smaller advances are being written off as well.

The Japanese had made small advances but under heavy casualties.

The R707 even offers a small advance on the shutter-lag front.

Don't hand over any money until the day of departure, except perhaps a small advance for food.

But for every small advance of the new technology, there are bigger setbacks.

I received a very small advance for the book.