The phrase "a positive advance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a beneficial or favorable progress in a situation or development.
Example: "The team made a positive advance in their research, leading to promising results."
Alternatives: "a beneficial progress" or "a favorable development."
But even if we were to accept the age of the terrific deal as a positive advance in the human condition, Reich continues, we ought to be aware of the price we pay for its bounty.
"This announcement marks a positive advance for updating France's print heritage under copyright and contributes to expanding the availability of digital books," it said in a statement.
Although this doesn't mean that people can have long, silent conversations anytime soon, the research is a positive advance in areas like virtual reality and real-time language translation.
When they look back on their display, they will be clutching at straws to find any positive advances they have made since the final Test of the summer Ashes series at The Oval.
As described previously, each mutation confers a positive fitness advance represented by the random variable X ∈ [0, b] with probability density function g.
This bodes well for Shazam!, not only because it's within that same wheelhouse of content and has received positive advance buzz, but also because it's a slam-dunk on the promise of its premise.
And it is indeed startling to witness the Woody of 1973, on the eve of the release of his mock-futurist romp "Sleeper," getting giddy over positive advance notices from Scholastic and Seventeen magazines.
"The Lyon's Den" has gotten fairly positive advance reviews, and NBC obviously has high hopes for it, having put it up against ABC's retooled legal drama "The Practice".
Starring Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner as the put-upon parents of three young children, the six-part comedy made by Hat Trick also benefited from positive advance publicity and its pedigree - it was written by Drop the Dead Donkey creators Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin.
But with every positive advance in technology, there are potential dangers and disruptions.
Any fair review will find a number of positive advances, particularly in the areas of broadband adoption and minority media ownership, which are significant enough that I felt compelled to offer my strong support.
