Sentence examples for advance this far from inspiring English sources

Although Maine, Boston College and Minnesota-Duluth all had reasons to believe they could advance this far, hardly anyone would have picked Denver to advance this far.

They are the first No. 8 to advance this far in the N.C.A.A. tournament since Villanova in 1985.

She has now matched the run of Zheng Jie of China, the only other women's wild card to advance this far at Wimbledon.

Chardy, who made the fourth round once before in the 2008 French Open, reached the quarterfinals in his second advance this far.

With an enrollment of 2,000, St. Bonaventure, from western New York, became the smallest Division I women's program to advance this far.

Li is the first Asian player to advance this far in Paris since Kimiko Date of Japan reached the French Open semifinals in 1995.

Neither had ever advanced this far at a Grand Slam event.

That 2005 season was the last time Missouri advanced this far.

When a team advances this far, it also gives it the opportunity to play on television.

It is only the second time that Florida has advanced this far.

The last time the 76ers advanced this far, in 1985, they were eliminated, four games to one, by the Boston Celtics.