The phrase "advanced only to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that progress or development has reached a specific point or level, often implying that it has not gone beyond that point.
Example: "The project has advanced only to the initial planning stage, and further development is still pending."
Alternatives: "progressed only to" or "moved only to".
Cheers erupted when the protesters advanced only to die away in headlong retreat.
Mr. DeRosa is far from being the only Rowland associate who was advanced, only to have his credentials and conduct called into question.
With Mitrovic's decoy run having deceived Neil's defence the Spanish striker advanced only to find his initial shot blocked by Olsson.
(In Ohio, Mr. Obama advanced only to a 2.2-point lead on the basis of the new surveys, as compared with a 2.1-point lead in Saturday's forecast).
Even Sir Alex Ferguson accepted the Red Devils should have advanced, only to crumble in their final match in Basle and crash out of the competition before Christmas.
Pointing out that the theme of the march had been "Jobs and Freedom," he declared that "the civil rights movement will be advanced only to the degree that social and economic welfare gets to be inextricably entangled with civil rights".
The Steelers could not recover, advancing only to the Denver 49 before time ran out.
At 5-2 up in the third Stosur looked odds on to advance only to choke, allowing Zheng to win five games on the trot and set up a third-round clash with Julia Goerges.
Economists, who had expected sales to advance only to a 482,000-unit rate, said buyers sitting on the fence had probably rushed into the market to lock in mortgage rates in anticipation of even higher rates.
Less than half an hour later, his lead platoon of Bradley Fighting Vehicles was hit with artillery fire but it continued advancing, only to run into a village bristling with Iraqi Republican Guard troops and equipment.
Kemp was holding up midway to second in case Kelly made the diving catch, and could advance only to third on what went for a Uribe double.
