Sentence examples for advance less than from inspiring English sources

He claims that Libya marks Obama's new rules for American foreign policy: first, he's not afraid to employ force and will use it to advance less than vital interests; second, he'll always recognize the limits of American power and insist on multilateral action to achieve his goals.

Either way, lava can travel far: the leading edges of basalt flows can travel as fast as 10 km/hour on steep slopes but they typically advance less than 1 km/hour on gentle slopes.

Centered in the Hudson Bay region of Canada the final major advance began about 35,000 years ago, reaching maximum advance less than 22,000 years ago, and ended with final retreat beginning about 18,000 years ago, leaving behind moraines, eskers, kettles, sand dunes, loess deposits, and drumlin fields.

The leading edges of basalt flows can travel as fast as on steep slopes but they typically advance less than on gentle slopes.

The Germans took heavy losses to advance less than 12 km (8 mi) in seven days, and were unable to break through to open ground.

We thus advance less than perfect, but realistic solutions to pharmaceutical supply for those in need.

The euro advanced less than 0.1 percent against the dollar and dropped less than 0.1 percent versus the yen.

The company had advanced less than 10 yards, suffering three dead and six wounded, when Sergeant Adams charged forward in the face of German machine-gun fire, dodging from tree to tree while firing a Browning automatic rifle.