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In 1934 Neville Cardus mused: "Maybe tomorrow … Stravinsky will share the fate of Strauss and Debusssy, and be called old-fashioned by the latest young 'bloods' while the rest of us in our advancing senility cry out 'O for the good old tunes of 'Le Sacre'".
The Ahern government pumped billions of euros into cross-border projects while some of its backroom strategists talked about taking over the SDLP and advancing forwards as the main all-Ireland, 32-county party on this island.
They said the army was advancing toward Jaar, another town in militant hands for over a year, in a three-pronged attack supported by heavy artillery shelling and air raids.
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"If both Bozsik (the attacking right-half) and I joined the attack, we had six strikers advancing , all capable of scoring goals.
She said: "Advancing the clocks would be a one-off administrative change and would save energy in all succeeding years.
The Lancashire side moved one step away from laying their play-off curse to rest after advancing past Chesterfield in the League One play-off semi-finals.
A resident told the Guardian that the army already controlled 75% of the city and was advancing swiftly.
No one outside of the Quakes locker room had the team advancing in the tournament, so for it to come so close might serve as motivation in the coming weeks and months.
Advancing talent is Bannister's strong suit, as evidenced by his three-year spell at the London BBC station GLR, where Danny Baker, Chris Evans and Chris Morris (who all later rejoined him at Radio 1) made their names as DJs, and in his speech last week he talked of a mentoring scheme to help such creative types to "navigate" their way around the Beeb.
The Senate thus looked poised to return to business as usual on Thursday, with a packed two-day schedule that included advancing trade legislation, a highway funding bill and resolving the Patriot Act impasse.
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The primary grammatical function of "advancing" is as a present participle or gerund . It describes an action that is in progress or serves as a noun referring to the act of moving forward or making progress. This is evident in Ludwig's examples, where "advancing" describes armies moving, technology progressing, or individuals furthering their careers.
Expression frequency: Very common
