Sentence examples for advance a further from inspiring English sources

The phrase "advance a further" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where one is discussing progress or moving forward with an idea or plan, but the phrase is awkward and redundant.
Example: "We need to advance a further understanding of the project's implications."
Alternatives: "promote additional" or "further develop".

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Under orders from Townsend to press on with the assault as fast as possible, Mackay decided to switch the B Company assault to the right flank, ordering O'Halloran by radio to advance a further 30 m in order to outflank the Viet Cong machine-gun and allow 6 Platoon to resume its advance on the left flank.

On the second day of the operation, the HV 1st Guards Corps and the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Guards Brigade outflanked the VRS mountaintop position between the Šator Mountain and Glamoč that had blocked them the previous day, allowing the HV 81st Guards Battalion to advance a further 5 km and threaten to interdict a road used by the VRS to supply Glamoč from the north.

At the start of the day, the Australian 2/48th Battalion had only been able to advance a further 250 yards before their progress was held up by thick scrub which delayed their tank support, however, to the south, the 2/23rd Battalion was able to move up the southern slope of Steeple Tree Hill and over the course of the afternoon gradually forced the defenders back.

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Since that time India has advanced a further 2,000 km (1,250 miles) beneath Asia, pushing up the Himalayas and forming the Plateau of Tibet.

(The Fifth Meditation advances a further such argument).

Following this, the 2/9th advanced a further 500 yards, reaching Sanderson's Bay, before deciding to set up their night location.

Comparing the SAR images acquired on 18 June and 4 July indicates that the main flow only advanced a further 400 500 m in the intervening period, reaching 750 m elevation, and a total length of approximately 17.5 km.

Between them, Privates Williams and Hook held at bay the Zulu advance for a further hour, while smashing holes through another three walls to evacuate eight patients to the protection of the garrison's inner defensive ring.

Civilians in Kelbajar continued to be evacuated by both air and the through the intersection and Melkonian halted his advance by a further forty hours to allow the traffic column to move through.

Lay Jains believe that pious activity including fasting and almsgiving, and especially the practice of nonviolence enables an individual not only to advance a little further along the path to final liberation but to improve his current material situation.

Every time you defeat a Ninja boss, you advance a bit further in the story (which is told using manga-like cut scenes).

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