The phrase "advances matters" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in contexts where one is discussing progress or improvements in a specific situation or topic, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "The new policy advances matters related to environmental sustainability."
Alternatives: "promotes issues" or "further develops topics".
All of these advances matter to real people.
A pamphlet for the Legatum think-tank, based on a commission chaired by the former head of the civil service, Lord O'Donnell, attempts to advance matters by pushing for more standardised measurements.
Mr. Coulson, who carries broad powers as a member of Mr. Cameron's inner policy circle, has denied the charges, and prosecutors said Friday that the witnesses they had interviewed "either refused to cooperate with the police investigation, provided short statements which did not advance matters or denied any knowledge of wrongdoing".
He said: "A number of other witnesses were interviewed and either refused to co-operate with the police investigation, provided short statements which did not advance matters, or denied any knowledge of wrongdoing.
"Social Security has been extended to an additional 10 million workers," said the platform, "and the benefits raised for 6 1/2 million". Eisenhower's platform goes on to say: "We are proud of and shall continue our far-reaching and sound advances in matters of basic human needs - expansion of Social Security". Benefits increases?
He advises the secretary and deputy secretary of defense on acquisition, R&D, and advanced-technology matters.
However, it is believed that doctors in Russia are not enough "advanced" in matters of computers and mobile devices.
The liberals made the colonies quite advanced in matters of social reform, if not the average man's paradise that some glib publicists depicted.
Media is migrating from television sets to computers, and that's one trend where such chip advances will matter, says Nathan Brookwood, analyst at Insight 64.
The 2016 "presidential issue" of Pathways Magazine is devoted to exploring the positions that the candidates and parties are advancing on matters of poverty, mobility, and inequality.
